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| 1928 | Birth |  |
| 28th May Kampala Birth of Ida Amin Dada, born as Awo-Ongo Angoo in Kampala, fathered by Andreas Nyabire, Nyabire was an ethnic Kakwa and Catholic who converted to Islam iand changed his name to Amin Dada |
| 1947 | King's African Rifles | |
| Amin joins the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British colonial army as part of the laundry and kitchen army staff whilst undergoing training |
| 1951 | Uganda Boxing Champion | |
| Holds Uganda's light heavyweight boxing championship from 1951 to 1960 |
| 1952 | Corporal | |
| Appointed Corporal |
| 1953 | Sargeant Amin | |
| Appointed Sargeant |
| 1954 | Effendi Amin | |
| Appointed Effendi (Warrant Officer), the highest rank possible for a Black African in the colonial British army |
| 1961 | Lieutenant | |
| The first two Ugandans to become commissioned officers with the rank of Lieutenant |
| 1963 | Captain | |
| Oct After independence Milton Obote, Uganda's first prime minister, rewards Idi Amin for his loyalty by promoting him to Captain |
| 1964 | Deputy Commander | |
| Oct Appointed Deputy Commander of the Army |
| 1966 | Commander | |
| Obote promotes Amin to General and Commander of the Ugandan Army |
| 1966 | General | |
| Obote promotes Amin to General and Commander of the Ugandan Army |
| 1971 | Burial | |
| Amin gives the former King and President Mutesa, who had died in exile, a state burial |
| 1971 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 25th Jan Kampala 49,000 Ugandan Asians are expelled |
| 25th Jan Kampala After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore |
| 25th Jan Kampala Idi Amin is initially welcomed both within Uganda and by the international community, In an internal memo, the British Foreign Office described him as "A splendid type and a good football player" |
| 25th Jan Kampala Over 300,000 opponents of the new regime are killed |
| 25th Jan Kampala Overthrows President Obote |
| 1971 | Massacre of Obote Supporters | |
| Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
| 1971 | State Research Bureau | |
| Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
| Amin severs diplomatic relations with Israel, while turning to Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya, as well as the Soviet Union, for support |
| 1972 | Exile of Amin Dada | |
| The Asian community is expelled |
| 4th Aug Amin gives Uganda's 50,000 Asians (mostly Indians of Gujarati origin) 90 days to leave the country, following an alleged dream in which, he claimed, God told him to expel them |
| 1972 | Invasion of Uganda | |
| The Asian community is expelled |
| 1973 | Diplomacy | |
| The United States closes its embassy in Kampala |
| 1976 | Constitution | |
| 25th June Kampala Appointed President of Uganda, for life |
| 1976 | Dictatorship of Amin Dada | |
| 25th June Kampala Appointed President of Uganda, for life |
| 1976 | Diplomacy | |
| Amin announces he will investigate the possibility that large parts of southern Sudan and western and central Kenya, up to within 32 km of Nairobi, were historically a part of colonial Uganda |
| The United Kingdom closes its High Commission in Uganda |
| 1976 | Highjack of Entebe | |
| June Entebe The hijackers agree to the release of non-Jewish and non-Israeli passengers and a transport plane, arranged by Amin, takes off and lands in Europe |
| 25th June Entebe Flight 139, the Air France Airbus hijacked from Athens is invited by Amin to stop at Entebbe International Airport in the city of Entebbe, 32 km from Kampala |
| 25th June Entebe The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amin's troops |
| July Entebe The success of the Israeli operation largely contributed to Amin's downfall, while increased resistance and sabotage operations cripple Uganda during his final years |
| 3rd July Entebe At midnight Israeli commandos attack the airport and free all but four of the hostages who are killed |
| 1976 | President | |
| 25th June Appointed President of Uganda, for life |
| 1977 | Conqueror of the British Empire | |
| After Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with his regime, Amin declares he had beaten the British and conferred on himself the decoration of CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire) |
| 1977 | Diplomacy | |
| After Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with his regime, Amin declares he had beaten the British and conferred on himself the decoration of CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire) |
| 1978 | Invasion of Kagera | |
| Kagera Amin orders the invasion of Tanzania, with the help of Libyan troops, Amin tries to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera |
| 1978 | Invasion of Tanzania | |
| Amin orders the invasion of Tanzania, with the help of Libyan troops, Amin tries to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera |
| Tanzania, under President Julius Nyerere, declares war on Uganda, then begins a counterattack, enlisting the country's population of Ugandan exiles |
| 1979 | Exile of Amin Dada | |
| Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in SaudiArabia |
| Flees to Libya when insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade the Country |
| Dec Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in SaudiArabia |
| 1979 | Invasion of Uganda | |
| Kampala Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city |
| Kampala Insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade Uganda |
| 1979 | Siege of Kampala Tanzania | |
| Kampala Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city |
| 1980 | Exile of Amin Dada | |
| Jeddah Opens a bank account in Jeddah and resides there, subsisting on a government stipend |
| 1989 | Exile of Amin Dada | |
| Amin, who had always held that Uganda needed him, and who never expressed remorse for the abuses of his regime attempts to return to Uganda, apparently to lead an armed group organised by Col. Juma Oris |
| 12th Jan Amin gets as far as Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where Zairian President Mobutu forces him to return to SaudiArabia |
| 2003 | Death | |
| 16th Aug Death of Idi Amin Dada, in exile in SaudiArabia |
