- First humans (30,000 years ago)
- Alvaro de Mendana de Neira and Spain arrive (1568)
- German North Solomon Islands (1885-1900)
- British Solomon Islands (1893-1978)
- Japan occupies Solomon Islands (1942)
- Solomon Islands gains independence (1978)
- Solomon Islands riots (2006)
- Cyclone Ita (2007)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Solomon Island at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the Solomon Islands.)