History of Puerto Rico
- Military history of Puerto Rico
- Indigenous people
- Ortoiroid people
- Saladoid people
- Arawak
- Taíno
- On November 19, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Christoffa Corombo (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large island inhabited by Taíno people that he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Rico).
- On August 8, 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishes Capárra, the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautista.
- Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1519–1821
- Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, 1580-1898
- Military history of Puerto Rico
- Royal Decree of Graces of 1815
- El Grito de Lares of 1868
- Moret Law of 1870
- Intentona de Yauco of 1898
- Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, 1580-1898
- Spanish-American War, April 23 – August 12, 1898
- Spanish Empire declares war on the United States, April 23, 1898
- United States invasion of Puerto Rico, July 25, 1898
- Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898
- United States Military government of Porto Rico, December 10, 1898 – May 1, 1900
- United States Government of Porto Rico, May 1, 1900 – March 2, 1917
- Foraker Act of 1900
- World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
- United States Territory of Porto Rico, March 2, 1917 – May 17, 1932
- Jones-Shafroth Act of March 2, 1917
- Puerto Ricans in World War I War on April 6, 1917
- United States Territory of Puerto Rico, May 17, 1932 – July 25, 1952
- Puerto Ricans in World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
- United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
- Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
- Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
- Puerto Ricans in World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
- Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s
- Ponce Massacre
- Río Piedras massacre
- Jayuya Uprising
- Utuado Uprising
- San Juan Nationalist revolt
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) since July 25, 1952
- Constitution of Puerto Rico of July 25, 1952
- Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
- Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
- Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
- Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
- Iraq War, since March 20, 2003
- Political status of Puerto Rico
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