city Dili: All Data

Dili is a city in East Timor. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

1. Lists and Timelines

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Dili: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1769 AD
Capital of Portuguese Timor
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Timor
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese Surrender (World War II)
1975 AD
Mentioned in Event: Indonesian invasion of East Timor
1975 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dili, part of Indonesian invasion of East Timor
1975 AD
Capital of East Timor
1999 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1999 East Timorese crisis
1999 AD
Capital of United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
2002 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1999 East Timorese crisis
2002 AD
Capital of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Dili municipality, part of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste