- Bantu culture arrives (300 BC)
- Mutapa kingdom (1430-1760)
- Maravi kingdom (1480-1891)
- British South Africa Company (1889-1965)
- British Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia (1899-1911)
- British Northern Rhodesia (1911-1964)
- British Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
- Zambia Independence Act (1964)
- Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979)
- Attempted coup d'état (1990)
- Attempted coup d'état (1997)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Zambia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Zambia.)
