- First colonization of Palau (2,000 years ago)
- Palauan culture (Pre-European era)
- Ferdinand Magellan reports seeing Palau (1522)
- Spanish East Indies annexes Palau (1885)
- German New Guinea annexes Palau (1899)
- Japan annexes Palau (1919)
- Battle of Peleliu (1944)
- United States annexes Palau (1944)
- Palau gains independence (1994)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Palau at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Palau.)
