- Koimala unites Maldives (12th century AD)
- Portugal establishes trading post (1558 AD)
- British Ceylon (1796-1948)
- Maldives gains independence (1965)
- Attempted coup d'état (1980)
- Attempted coup d'état (1983)
- Attempted coup d'état (1988)
- Maldives civil unrest (2003)
- Black Friday (2004)
- Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (2004)
- Maldives civil unrest (2005)
- Maldives political crisis (2011-2012)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Maldives at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Maldives.)
