Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, yankin da ke yanzu Banten masarautar Tarumanagara ta Sundanese ce ke mulki. Bayan faduwar Tarumanegara, masarautun Hindu-Buddha da yawa sun mallaki Banten, kamar daular Srivijaya da Masarautar Sunda. Yaduwar Musulunci a yankin ya fara ne a karni na 15. A ƙarshen karni na 16, Musulunci ya maye gurbin Hindu da Buddha a matsayin addini mafi rinjaye a lardin, tare da kafa Sultanate na Banten. A wannan lokacin, duk da haka, 'yan kasuwa na Turai sun fara zuwa yankin. Na farko shi ne Portuguese, sa'an nan kuma Birtaniya da kuma karshe Dutch. A ƙarshe, ta hanyar Kamfanin Dutch East India (VOC), Yaren mutanen Holland sun mallaki tattalin arziƙin yankin, wanda ya haifar da raguwar Sultanate na Banten a yankin. A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1808, Gwamna Janar na Dutch Herman Willem Daendels ya ba da sanarwar cewa Sultanate na Banten ya shiga cikin yankin Dutch East Indies. Wannan ya nuna farkon mulkin Holland kai tsaye a yankin na shekaru 150 masu zuwa. A watan Maris na shekarar 1942, Jafananci sun mamaye Indies kuma sun mamaye yankin na tsawon shekaru 3, kafin su mika wuya.
A watan Agusta na shekara ta 1945. An mayar da yankin ga ikon Holland na tsawon shekaru 5, kafin su ba da yankin ga sabuwar gwamnatin Indonesia lokacin da Holland ta tafi a shekarar 1950. Banten ya shiga cikin lardin Java ta Yamma. Koyaya, ra'ayoyin rabuwa daga ƙarshe ya haifar da ƙirƙirar lardin Banten a cikin 2000.