Last Updated : 30 Apr 2009
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| Year | Event | Ref |
| 77 BC | Pliny refers to the island as "Monapia" | 4 |
| 55 BC | Caesar refers to the island as "Mona" | 4 |
| 416 | Orosius refers to the island as "Mevania" | 4 |
| ~800 | The first Norse Settlers thought to have arrived on island | 2 |
| ~978 | Probable year of establishment of Tynwald, the Manx Parliament | 4 |
| 1005 | Death of Reginald, son of Godred, King of Man and the Isles | 7 |
| 1075 | Death of Godred Sitricson, King of Man | 7 |
| 1079 | Godred Crovan 'King Orry' obtained the Manx throne | 5 |
| 1098 | Civil War in Man culminating with Battle of Santwat | 7 |
| 1134 | Rushen Abbey founded | 7 |
| 1153 | Olaf I slain at Ramsey | 7 |
| 1264 | King Alexander III of Scotland became Suzerain of Man | 2 |
| 1266 | Treaty of Perth transferred sovereignty of Man from Norway to Scotland | 7 |
| 1290 | The Isle of Man came under the English Crown | 2 |
| 1299 | Bishop Mark of Scotland expelled from Isle of Man | 2 |
| 1313 | Robert the Bruce invaded the island | 4 |
| 1333 | The Isle of Man came under the English Crown again after a period of Anglo-Scottish Wars | 2 |
| 1387 | Partition of Diocese of Sodor | 7 |
| 1405 | King Henry IV ordered John Stanley & William Stanley to take possesion of the Isle of Man | 2 |
| 1504 | Thomas Stanley III dropped title "King of Man" in favour of "Lord of Man" | 7 |
| 1597 | Clock in Castle Rushen presented to the Island by Queen Elizabeth I | 7 |
| 1627 | The "Derby" horserace inaugurated at Langness on the 28th of July | 7 |
| 1663 | William Christian (Illiam Dhone) executed at Hango Hill | 7 |
| 1689 | Clothworkers School founded at Peel | 7 |
| 1706 | Douglas Grammer School founded | 7 |
| 1717 | The last witch trial on the island | 7 |
| 1736 | Death of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby and island passes to 2nd Duke of Atholl | 4 |
| 1765 | 3rd Duke of Atholl sells the island to the British Crown | 5 |
| 1779 | The "Derby" horserace transferred from Derbyhaven to Epsom,England | 7 |
| 1866 | The House of Keys (legislative assemby of Tynwald) became subject to popular election | 4 |
| 1881 | The Manx vote is extended to unmarried women and widows owning property | 4 |