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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | 
| 985 | Norwegian colony depending on Iceland | |
| 1261 | Norwegian colony | 
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | 
| 1380 | Danish colony | 
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1900 | ||||
| 1941 | 9 april | U.S. protectorate | James K. Penfield | |
| 1945 | may | Danish colony | ||
| 1950 | 1 june | Poul Hugo Lundsteen | ||
| 1953 | 5 june | Danish provence | ||
| 1960 | 1 september | Finn C. Nielsen | ||
| 1963 | 1 june | Niels Otto Christensen | ||
| 1967 | Erling Høegh | |||
| 1971 | Lars Chemnitz | |||
| 1973 | 1 january | Hans Lassen | 
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | HIGH COMMISSIONER | 
| 1979 | 1 may | Associated state to Kingdom of Danmark | Jonathan Motzfeldt (I) | Torben Hede Pedersen | 
| 1991 | 18 march | Lars Emil Johansen | ||
| 1993 | Steen Spore | |||
| 1995 | Gunnar Martens | |||
| 1997 | 19 september | Jonathan Motzfeldt (II) | ||
| 2002 | 3 december | Hans Enoksen | ||
| 2013 | 5 april | Aleqa Hammond | ||
| 2014 | 1 october | Kim Kielsen | ||
| 2021 | 6 april | Múte B. Egede | ||
| 2025 | 28 march | Jens-Frederik Nielsen |