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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | PRIME MINISTER | 
| 1520 | Spanish colony | |||
| 1634 | Part of Dutch West Indies colony | |||
| 1807 | UK occupation | |||
| 1814 | Part of Dutch West Indies colony | |||
| 1848 | Dutch colony | Isaäk Johannes Rammelman Elsevier, Jr. | ||
| 1854 | Jacob Bennebroek Gravenhorst | |||
| 1856 | Reinhart Frans Cornelis van Lansberge | |||
| 1859 | Johannes Didericus Crol | |||
| 1866 | Abraham Matthieu de Rouville | |||
| 1870 | Herman François Gerardus Wagner | |||
| 1877 | Hendrik Bernardus Kip | |||
| 1880 | Johannes Herbert August Willem, baron van Heerdt tot Eversberg | |||
| 1882 | Nikolaas van den Brandhof | |||
| 1890 | Charles Augustinus Henry Barge | |||
| 1901 | Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens (I) | |||
| 1901 | Jan Olpbert de Jong van Beeken Donk | |||
| 1909 | John Brown Gorsira (I) | |||
| 1909 | Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens (II) | |||
| 1919 | Oscar Louis Helfrich | |||
| 1921 | John Brown Gorsira (I) | |||
| 1921 | Nikolaas Johannes Laurentius Brantjes | |||
| 1922 | Dutch Overseas province | |||
| 1928 | Marius van Dijk | |||
| 1929 | Leonard Albert Fruytier | |||
| 1929 | Herman Schotborgh | |||
| 1930 | Bartholomaeus Wouther Theodorus van Slobbe | |||
| 1936 | Frans Adriaan Jas | |||
| 1936 | Gielliam Johannes Josephus Wouters | |||
| 1940 | 11 may | UK protectorate | ||
| 1942 | U.S. protectorate | Petrus Albertus Kasteel | ||
| 1945 | Dutch Overseas province | |||
| 1948 | Cornelius Süthoff | |||
| 1948 | 1 july | Dutch provence | Leonard Antoon Hubert Peters | |
| 1951 | april | Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez | ||
| 1951 | 7 june | Anton Arnold Maria Struycken | 
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1954 | 29 december | Associated state to Kingdom of Netherlands | Ephrain F. Jonckheer | |
| 1956 | 25 october | Frans E.J. van der Valk | ||
| 1957 | april | Antonius B. Speekenbrink | ||
| 1961 | Christiaan Winkel | |||
| 1962 | september | Nicolas Cola Debrot | ||
| 1968 | 14 february | Ciro Domenico Kroon | ||
| 1969 | september | Gerald C. Sprockel | ||
| 1969 | december | Ernesto O. Petronia | ||
| 1970 | june | Bernadito M. Leito | ||
| 1971 | february | Ramez J. Isa | ||
| 1971 | june | Otto R.A. Beaujon | ||
| 1973 | december | Juan Miguel Gregorio Evertsz | ||
| 1977 | august | Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws | ||
| 1977 | september | Leo A.I. Chance | ||
| 1977 | october | Silvio Gerard Marie Rozendal | ||
| 1979 | 6 july | Miguel Arcangel Pourier (I) | ||
| 1979 | december | Dominico F. Martina (I) | ||
| 1983 | René A. Römer | |||
| 1984 | 18 september | Maria Liberia-Peters (I) | 
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GENERAL GOVERNOR | |
| 1986 | 1 january | Domenico F. Martina (II) | |||
| 1988 | 17 may | Maria Liberia Peters (II) | |||
| 1989 | october | Jaime M. Saleh | |||
| 1993 | 25 november | Susanne Fransisca Coromoto Camelia-Römer (I) | |||
| 1993 | 28 december | Alejandro Felippe Paula | |||
| 1994 | 31 march | Miguel Arcangel Pourier (II) | |||
| 1994 | 14 may | Susanne Fransisca Coromoto Camelia-Römer (II) | |||
| 1999 | 8 november | Miguel Arcangel Pourier (III) | |||
| 2002 | 3 june | Etienne Ys (I) | |||
| 2002 | 1 july | Frits Goedgedrag | |||
| 2003 | 22 july | Ben Komproe | |||
| 2003 | 11 august | Mirna Louisa-Godett | |||
| 2004 | 3 june | Etienne Ys (II) | |||
| 2006 | 26 march | Emily de Jongh-Elhage | |||
| 2010 | 10 october | Dissolved state |