Pre-Columbian time: The territory is inhabited by the cunas cunas people (Gulf of Urabá and Lower Atrato), chocoes or citaráes in the Higher Atrato, noanamáes (San Juan River) and baudóes.

1510 until 1524: Rodrigo de Bastidas explores the territory. Martín Fernandez de Enciso founds the first city of European hands in Terre Firma: Santa Maria the ancient of Darién, destroyed shortly after, by the natives of the area.

September 25, 1513: Europeans discover the Pacific Ocean, called by them Southern Sea.

1567: The Capitan Andrés Gómez Hernández obtained documents from the Spanish crown to create a formal government for the administration of the chocoes, with the denomination of "Government of Chocó, Dabaibe and Baeza Valley," government which wouldn’t go further from a paper, because the beneficiary died in Cartagena after arriving from Spain with his entitlement.

1573: Melchor Velásquez de Valdenebro, funded a military camp by the name of Our Lady of the Consolation of Toro, under the jurisdiction of Cartago, later he would rendered it to the native territory of the tootumas, converting it in the first Spanish town in Chocó, which in reality was the tip of the spear for future incursions to other territories yet unknown.

1594: The Spanish Crown incorporates Chocó to the Government of Popayán in order to facilitate the military operations in the region.

1728: Barûle, a slave, leads the greatest insurrection in Chocó with the help of the Mina brothers: Antonio and Mateo. He founded Tadó Palenque where he is proclaimed King. It's conformed by 120 Cimarrons.

February 18, 1728: Battle between Cimarrons and the Spanish army. The unprepared HM King Barûle and the Mina brothers loose and are executed by the lieutenant Tres Palacios Mier.

September 28, 1726: By a Royal decree, the Province of Chocó is formed. Uniting the tenancies of Nóvita, Citará (Quibdó) and Baudó; designating Nóvita as the Capital under the command of Francisco Ibero, it's first Governor.

1795: Agustina, an abused slave by her master Miguel Gómez whom wanted her to have an abortion, denounces him before Judge Alvarez Pino who ruled against her. In retaliation, she burned several properties from which today it is the municipality of Tadó.

1825: By means of a local people's signed declaration, with the name of San Francisco of Quibdó, the colonist Francisco Berro gives the site a town status, making it the Head of the District on March 30, after being designated Capital on the 15.

1839 until 1840: Nóvita becomes the Capital of Chocó, due to a fire in Quibdó, which would be Capital again at the end of this period.

1867: Is born the poet, academic and chocoan leader Manuel Saturio Valencia.

1906: Creation of the Intendancy of Chocó, separating it from the Cauca Department and uniting the provinces of San Juan and Atrato.

1907: Is born in Neguá Diego Luís Córdoba, great leader who fought for the creation of the Department of Chocó, the recognition of the right for black communities to have an education and the appreciation of their value in the Colombian society. On May 7^th of that same year in Quibdó, Manuel Saturio Valencia Mena is executed (the last Colombian sentenced to the capital punishment in the country), accused of attacking the interests of the chocoan white society.

1908 until 1910: Chocó was briefly named Department of Quibdó by the decree # 1 of January 1, 1908, having Eduardo Ferrer as it’s only Governor and was officially enforced until the decree # 65 of December 1909, which disposed that after April 1, 1910 Chocó would return to be an Intendancy.

1930: Diego Luís Córdoba creates the Liberal Youth of University Students.

November 3, 1947: (Decree 13) Creation of the Department of Chocó with it's Capital in the city of Quibdó.

May 1^st, 1964: Dies in Mexico City Diego Luís Córdoba, one of the most important black community's human rights and equality fighter during the twentieth century in Colombia.

1966: A massive fire in Quibdó destroyed the commercial area and the small remaining traditional white sector, as well as part of the rest of the city.

1967: The Folkloric Group of Dances and Chants from the Colombian National University (Integrated by Chocoans) achieves the first place in the in the First Latin-American Festival of the University Song in Viña del Mar (Chile).

1968: Quibdó: facing its reconstruction towards the future after the fire.

1977: UNESCO declares the National Katíos Park as Humanity’s Patrimony.