| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR |
| 1878 | 12 march | UK protectorate | D. Erskine |
| 1880 | november | Benjamin Musgrave | |
| 1885 | 7 august | Part of UK Cape Colony | |
| 1910 | 31may | Part of Union of South Africa | |
| 1922 | Administration assigned to South West Africa Mandate | ||
| 1977 | Part of South Africa | ||
| 1994 | 1 march | Union to Namibia |