1400 - 1700 - The Portuguese extend their empire to East Africa
1720 - Control of the coast was won back by the Arabs
1800 - Christian missionaries and explorers come in to Africa and the Europeans start a process of the colonization of Kenya
1800's - The Maasai settled in the Rift Valley
1895 - The British declared Kenya a Protectorate
1895–1901 - A railroad was built from Mombasa to Kisumu on Lake Victoria
1896 - 1905 Kenyan people resist the British rule
1956 - Mau Mau Rebellion and Emergence of the Kenya African Union (KAU)
1961 Jomo Kenyatta become independent Kenya's first president
1963 - Kenya gained Independence
1964 - Kenya became a Republic.