| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GENERAL GOVERNOR | 
| 1642 | Portugese Colony under Goa rule | ||
| 1844 | Portugese Colony under Macau rule | ||
| 1896 | Portugese Colony | José Celestino da Silva | |
| 1908 | Eduardo Augusto Marqués | ||
| 1910 | Alfredo Augusto Soveral Martins | ||
| 1911 | Filomeno da Cámara Melo Cabral | ||
| 1917 | Manuel Paulo de Sousa Gentil | ||
| 1921 | Raimundo Enes Meira | ||
| 1926 | Teófilo Duarte | ||
| 1929 | Cesário Augusto de Almeida Viana | ||
| 1930 | Antonio Baptista Justo | ||
| 1933 | Raúl de Antas Manso Preto Mendes Cruz | ||
| 1937 | Álvaro Eugenio Neves de Fontoura | ||
| 1940 | Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho | ||
| 1941 | 18 december | Australian occupation | |
| 1942 | 20 february | Japanease occupation | |
| 1945 | 11 september | Portugese Colony | Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas | 
| 1950 | César Maria de Serpa Rosa | ||
| 1951 | Portuguese overseas territory | ||
| 1958 | Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata | ||
| 1963 | José Alberty Correia | ||
| 1968 | José Nogueira Valente Pires | ||
| 1972 | Fernando Alves Adeía | ||
| 1974 | Mário Lemos Pires |