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| 1894 | Birth |  |
| 20th April Ngenda Birth of Jomo Kenyatta |
| 1928 | Kikuyu Central Association | |
| Nationalists form the Kikuyu Central Association with Jomo Kenyatta as leader |
| 1932 | Comintern | |
| Moscow Studies economics in Moscow at the Comintern school |
| 1932 | Education | |
| Moscow Studies economics in Moscow at the Comintern school |
| 1934 | Education | |
| London Enrolls at University College London |
| 1935 | Education | |
| London Studies social anthropology under Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics |
| 1935 | London School of Economics | |
| London Studies social anthropology under Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics |
| 1946 | Pan African Federation | |
| Kenyatta founds the Pan-African Federation with Kwame Nkruma |
| 1947 | KANU | |
| Helps found KANU, a nationalist group seeking political rights for black |
| 1947 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the KANU |
| 1952 | Arrest | |
| 25th Nov Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society |
| 1952 | Mau Mau Society | |
| 25th Nov Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society |
| 1952 | Rebellion | |
| 24th Aug Denounces the Mau Mau risings |
| 19th Oct British troops are despatched to Kenya |
| 20th Oct Organizes the Mau Mau, black terrorists, to drive out the white settlers from Kenya |
| 1953 | Independence | |
| Begins a 10 year campaign for Kenyan independence |
| 1953 | Rebellion | |
| 8th April Arrested for leading the Mau Mau risings & sentenced to 7 years hard Labour |
| 1953 | Trial | |
| 8th April Found guilty of organizing a terrorist campaign to drive out white settlers from Kenya |
| 8th April Lodwar The court sentences Kenyatta to seven years of hard labor, sent into exile on probation in Lodwar, a remote part of Kenya |
| 1959 | Arrest | |
| 14th April Completes his sentence for the Mau Mau risings |
| 1960 | President of KANU | |
| Kenyatta is elected KANU President in absentia |
| 1961 | Arrest | |
| 21st Aug Fully released |
| 1963 | Constitution | |
| 1st June Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder) |
| 12th Dec Retains the role of prime minister after independence was declared |
| 1963 | Election | |
| May KANU wins 83 seats out of 124 |
| 1963 | Independence | |
| 12th Dec Retains the role of prime minister after independence was declared |
| 1963 | Prime Minister | |
| 1st June Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder) |
| 1964 | Constitution | |
| 12th Dec Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president |
| 1964 | Independence | |
| 12th Dec Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president |
| 1964 | KADU | |
| 10th Nov KADU's representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party |
| 1964 | KANU | |
| 10th Nov KADU's representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party |
| 1964 | President | |
| 1st June Appointed President on the inauguration of the Republic of Kenya |
| 1964 | Rebellion | |
| Asks for British troops' help against Somali rebels Shiftas in the northeast and an army mutiny in Nairobi |
| 1966 | Constitution | |
| Changes the constitution to gain extended powers |
| 1966 | Election | |
| Kenyatta is re-elected |
| 1969 | Constitution | |
| The Kenya people's union is outlawed & those who do not join KANU are detained |
| 1974 | Election | |
| Re-elected in elections that are neither free nor fair, in which he runs alone |
| 1978 | Death | |
| 22nd Aug Mombasa Death of Jomo Kenyatta |
