- Austronesian culture arrives (1100 - 1000 BC)
- Lapita culture (1500 - 1000 BC)
- Abel Tasman and Netherlands arrive (1643)
- James Cook and Britain arrive (1774)
- Kingdom of Fiji (1871-1874)
- British Colony of Fiji (1874-1970)
- Fiji gains independence (1970)
- British Dominion of Fiji (1970-1987)
- Coup d'état (1987)
- Coup d'état (2000)
- Coup d'état (2006)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Fiji at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Fiji.)