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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | EMIR | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR |
| 107 | a.C. | Province of Roman Empire | |||
| 429 | Vandal Occupation | ||||
| 534 | Provence of Byzantin Empire | ||||
| 750 | Arab Occupation | ||||
| 1521 | Ottoman Occupation | ||||
| 1843 | Sheikhate | Sayyid Muhammad ibn `Ali as-Sanusi | |||
| 1859 | 7 september | Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Sanusi | |||
| 1902 | 2 june | Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi | |||
| 1912 | 15 october | Italian protectorate | Ottavio Briccolo | ||
| 1913 | october | Giovan-Battista Ameglio | |||
| 1918 | 5 august | Vincenzo Garioni | |||
| 1919 | 5 august | Nobile Giacomo de Martino | |||
| 1920 | 25 october | Emirate | emir Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi (I) | ||
| 1921 | 23 november | Luigi Pintor | |||
| 1922 | october | Eduardo Baccardi | |||
| 1923 | 7 january | Luigi Bongiovanni | |||
| 1924 | Ernesto Mombelli | ||||
| 1926 | 2 december | Attilio Teruzzi | |||
| 1929 | Italian colony | Dominico Siciliani | |||
| 1930 | march | Rodolfo Graziani, Marchese di Neghelli | |||
| 1934 | june | Guglielmo Nasi | |||
| 1935 | april | Part of Lybia | |||
| 1941 | february | UK Occupation | Stephen Hemsley Longrigg | ||
| 1942 | 22 december | Duncan Cameron Cumming | |||
| 1945 | 30 october | Peter Bevil Edward Acland | |||
| 1946 | october | Emirate under UK Trust Administration | emir Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi (II) | James William Norris Haugh | |
| 1948 | Eric Armor Vully de Candole | ||||
| 1949 | 21 november | Emirate autonomous under UK Trust Administration | Umar Mansur al-Kikhya | Eric Armor Vully de Candole | |
| 1950 | 18 march | Muhammad as-Sakizli | |||
| 1951 | 24 december | Union to Lybia |