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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | EMIR | 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 |