| 3000 BC | : Trade relation with Sindu Valley |
| 2000 BC | : Trading of spices with Assyria and Babylonia |
| 1000 BC | : Ivory, monkeys and peacocks were shipped to Israel for King Solomon |
| 700 BC | : Dravidians reach south India from the Mediterranean region |
| 330 BC | : Megasthenes's reference of Kerala |
| 300 BC | : Aryans enter Kerala from north India |
| 45 AD | : Hippalus reaches Kerala, direct trade with Rome |
| 52 AD | : St. Thomas reaches Kerala |
| 68 AD | : Jews reach Kerala |
| 525 AD | : Cosmos Indicopleustes reaches Malabar coast |
| 630 AD | : Huan Tsang visits South India including Kerala |
| 644 AD | : MalikBen Dinar propagate Islam |
| 715 - '68 AD | : Rule of Cheraman Perumal |
| 800 - 1100 AD | : Rule of Kulashekhara Kings |
| 825 AD | : Beginning of the Kolla Varsham(Quilon year calendar) (July 25) |
| 880 AD | : Retrieval of Pandyas |
| 1000 AD | : Attack by Raja Raja Chola |
| 1070 AD | : Freedom from Cholas |
| 1292 AD | : Arrival of Marco Polo |
| 1342 - '47 AD | : Ibn Batuta at Kozhikode |
| 1466 - '71 AD | : Pathinettara Kavikal |
| 1498 AD | : Vasco da Gama reaches Kappad near Kozhikode (May 17) |
| 1524 AD | : Vasco da Gama appointed as Viceroy of Kerala |
| 1567 AD | : Establishment of Jewish Synagogue |
| 1592 AD | : Establishment of Dutch East India Company |
| 1701 - '21 AD | : Rule of Rama Varma |
| 1725 AD | : French establishes base at Mayyazhi (Mahe) |
| 1758 AD | : Death of Marthanda Varma |
| 1773 AD | : Hyder Ali defeats Samuthiri (Zamorins) at Kochi |
| 1788 AD | : Tipu Sultan attacks Kozhikode |
| 1797 AD | : First Pazhassi Viplavam(Pazhassi Revolution) |
| 1807 AD | : London Mission in Kerala |
| 1809 AD | : Kundara Vilambaram(Kundara Proclamation) |
| 1821 AD | : CMS Press at Kottayam |
| 1834 AD | : First census in Travancore |
| 1888 AD | : Establishment of Malayala Manorama |
| 1921 AD | : Malabar Mutiny |
| 1922 AD | : First Trade Union (Travancore Labour Association) formed at Alapuzha |
| 1924 AD | : Vaikom Satyagraha |
| 1928 AD | : Death of Sree Narayana Guru |
| 1936 AD | : Kshetra Praveshana Vilambaram |
| 1943 AD | : Radio Station at Trivandrum |
| 1948 AD | : First public election in Travancore |
| 1956 Nov. 1 | : Formation of Kerala State |
