- Greek colonies (7th century - 6th century BC)
- Celtic tribes (4th century BC)
- Illyrian Wars (229 - 228 BC)
- Roman Dalmatia province (32 BC - 480 AD)
- Roman Praevalitana province (284 - 600 AD)
- Goth invasion (5th century AD)
- Avar invasion (6th century AD)
- Travunia (9th century - 11th century AD)
- Duklja (10th century - 12th century AD)
- Vojislavlejevic dynasty (1018-1189)
- Nemanjic dynasty (1166-1371)
- Serbian Empire (1346-1371)
- Zeta principality (14th century - 15th century)
- Serbian Despotate (1402-1459)
- Venetian Dalmatia (1409-1797)
- Ottoman Empire occupies Montenegro (1496-1878)
- Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (1516-1852)
- Serb uprising (1596-1597)
- Morean War (1684-1699)
- Petrovic-Njegos dynasty (1697-1918)
- Montenegro principality (1852-1910)
- Balkan Wars (1913)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Yugoslavia (1918-2003)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Montenegro uprising (1941)
- Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995)
- Bosnian War (1992-1995)
- Kosovo War (1998-1999)
- Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
- Montenegro gains independence (2006)
- Montenegrin crisis (2015-2016)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Montenegro at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Montenegro.)
