| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | HEAD OF STATE | PRIME MINISTER | GENERAL GOVERNOR |
| 1975 | 28 november | Democratic Republic | Francisco Xavier do Amaral | ||
| 1975 | 7 december | Indonesian occupation | |||
| 1976 | 24 june | 27^ indonesian provence | |||
| 1999 | 25 october | U.N. administration | Sérgio Vieira de Mello (Brazil) | ||
| 2001 | 20 september | Mari Bim Amude Alkatiri |