- Austronesian culture arrives (Pre-European era)
- Pedro Fernandes de Queiros and Portugal arrive (1606)
- British Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1892-1976)
- Japan occupies Gilbert Islands (1941-1943)
- Battle of Tarawa (1943)
- British Gilbert Islands (1976-1979)
- Kiribati gains independence (1979)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Kiribati at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Kiribati.)
