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| 1924 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Milton Obote |
| 1962 | Independence | |
| Kampala Uganda gains independence & Obote becomes its first prime Minister |
| 1962 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Uganda, 1st term |
| 1966 | Constitution | |
| Obote suspends the 1962 constitution, and declares himself the new President |
| 1966 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Kampala Deposes King Mutesa, ends the Federal status & becomes executive President |
| 1966 | Prime Minister | |
| Obote suspends the 1962 constitution, and declares himself the new President |
| 1969 | Assassination | |
| Kampala After the assassination of Obote all opposition parties are banned |
| 1969 | Constitution | |
| Kampala After the assassination of Obote all opposition parties are banned |
| 1969 | Death | |
| Kampala After the assassination of Obote all opposition parties are banned |
| 1971 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 25th Jan 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 |
| 27th July Kampala Leaves Uganda following a military coup |
| 1971 | Exile of Obote | |
| Returns from Tanzania |
| 27th July Forced to seek exile in Zambia |
| 1971 | Massacre of Obote Supporters | |
| Amin established the so-called "State Research Bureau," which were actually his own brand of death squads to hunt down and murder Obote's supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted |
| 1971 | President | |
| Appointed President of Uganda, 2nd term |
| 1972 | Exile of Obote | |
| Sep Obote takes refuge in Tanzania, from where he attempts to regain the country through a military invasion in without success |
| 1972 | Invasion of Uganda | |
| Sep Obote takes refuge in Tanzania, from where he attempts to regain the country through a military invasion in without success |
