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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Basic timeline of East Timor

This post is a basic timeline of East Timor. There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (44,000 years ago)
• Melanesian migration (3000 BC)
• Proto-Malay culture (2500 BC)
• Wehali, Tetum, Bunaq and Kemak cultures (Pre-European era)
• Portuguese Timor (1702-1975)
• Australia and Netherlands occupy Timor (1941-1943)
• Battle of Timor (1942-1943)
• East Timor declares independence (1975)
• Indonesia occupies East Timor (1975-1999)
• Santa Cruz massacre (1991)
• East Timor crisis (1999)
• East Timor gains independence (2002)
• East Timor crisis (2006)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of East Timor at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of East Timor.)