- Austronesian culture arrives (4,000 years ago)
- Yapese Empire (1000 BC)
- Saudeleur dynasty (1100-1628)
- Portuguese and Spanish navigators arrive (16th century)
- Germany annexes Micronesia (1899)
- Sokehs rebellion (1910-1911)
- Japan occupies Micronesia (1914)
- Operation Hailstone (1944)
- United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1994)
- Micronesia gains independence (1979)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Micronesia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Micronesia.)
