Major Acquisitions by Facebook

Facebook has been in the news again with another high profile acquisition. Just over a month after acquiring WhatsApp the social media giant has now purchased the leaders in virtual reality Oculus Rift. The list of …

Timeline of James Bond Films by Actor

Explore a slice of British film history with our timeline of James Bond films, colour coded by the actor who played the world's most famous spy in each film. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Sean Connery Filmography Timeline

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes …

Timeline of Robin Williams filmography

"Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)[7] was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angelesin the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San …

Timeline of Christopher Lee films

Sir Christopher Lee, CBE, CStJ, was an English actor, singer and author. He was born on the 27th of May 1922 and died on the 7th of June 2015, he was 93 years old.In honour of the recent passing of such a great actor, …

Marlon Brando Filmography Timeline

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most …

Al Pacino turns 74 today and we have a timeline to celebrate

On the day Al Pacino turns 74 we take a look back at some of the movies that made him one of the most popular actors of his generation. Debut and Early Years Pacino's debut to the big screen came in 1969 with a minor …

Explorers from the Age of Discovery

Continuing our current theme of the history of exploration today’s timeline looks at some of the most important explorers from the Age of Discovery. Timeline unavailable: View the Timeline On a mobile device? …

Timeline of Bob Dylan Albums

Explore an interactive timeline of albums by American singer-song writer Bob Dylan, colour coded by Live, compilation and studio albums. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline …

Timelines of songs and albums by Eminem

Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III (born October 17, 1972) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and songwriter. Eminem is from Detroit, Michigan. Wikipedia Eminem has sold more than 172 million records, making …

Timeline of John Lennon albums

John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially …

Timelines of albums and songs by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", Springsteen is widely …

Timeline of Madonna albums

"Madonna Louise Ciccone; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery …

10 timelines of albums by the top selling bands of all time

To celebrate a time when there was no greater musical aspiration than to join a rock band, we take a look at the albums of the top selling bands of all time. We’ve listed the top 10 selling bands, each one with a link to …

Timeline of Paul McCartney albums

Paul McCartney is an English, singer, songwriter and musician. He was born on July 18th 1942. He gained world wide fame as the bassist for the Beatles, and his songwriting partnership with John Lennon is one of the most …

25 Years of the Simpsons

25 years ago today the first episode of the Simpsons aired on network television. 561 episodes and 26 seasons later the animated show is the longest running American sitcom. One of the most popular TV shows of all time, …

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Started in the late 19th century and continued till the end of the first quarter of the 20th century. The major objective of many of the expeditions was to be the first party to …

Discover timelines of famous painters

Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, we all know the names, but when were they alive? What periods are they from? Which ones were alive at the same time and which ones are separated by hundreds of years? …

Timelines of Famous Painters - Portal Page

As part of our effort to help you find timelines of famous painters we have created this page with a vast selection of timelines organised by century, nationality and period. Scroll through the list to find the timeline …

Today in 1452: The great Leonardo Da Vinci was born

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was Born in Vinci, Republic of Florence (present-day Italy) on the 15th of April 1452. To celebrate his life and works we have an interactive timeline of his major works. Works By Leonardo …

Galileo Galilei timelines

Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher, responsible for some of the most revolutionary developments in the history of science. …

Timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series

Our newly colour coded timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series lets you easily follow the history of each series. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline unavailable: Novels by …

Timeline of Poetry by T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), usually known as T. S. Eliot, was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". Wikipedia …

Timelines of books and short stories by Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and …

Novels and other works by Stephen King

Stephen King's full body of work is considerable, containing over 200 novels, novellas, non-fiction books, screenplays, poems and short stories. By using Histropedia’s ability to create timelines from Wikipedia …

Timeline of Novels By Charles Dickens

Timeline: Novels by Charles Dickens Time Range: 1837 to 1870 Category: Literature No of Events: 20 Charles Dickens was born on February 7 1812, he is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and is …

New Bibliography Timelines

Books are a wonderful thing. They transport us to new worlds, let us explore new ideas and teach us something new about ourselves. Throughout history there have been many amazing authors who have produced works that have …

Ford Mustang: Launched 50 Years Ago Today

On this day (April 17th) in 1694 the first generation Ford Mustang was released. The Ford Mustang created a new class of American auto-mobile called The Pony Car. A sports car-like coupe with short rear decks and a long …

5 Interactive Timelines of Previous Oscar Winners

Making use once of Wikidata, and our new tool for creating live timelines from their ever expanding database, we have put together a few timelines of previous Academy Award Oscar winners. The timelines are created live …

10 timelines of albums by the top selling bands of all time

To celebrate a time when there was no greater musical aspiration than to join a rock band, we take a look at the albums of the top selling bands of all time. We’ve listed the top 10 selling bands, each one with a link to …

Celebrating 50 Years of The Rolling Stones

50 years ago today (April 16, 1964) The Rolling Stones released their first studio album, "The Rolling Stones". To celebrate this landmark in music history we have a brief history of the band and a timeline of every …

Novels and other works by Stephen King

Stephen King's full body of work is considerable, containing over 200 novels, novellas, non-fiction books, screenplays, poems and short stories. By using Histropedia’s ability to create timelines from Wikipedia …

New Bibliography Timelines

Books are a wonderful thing. They transport us to new worlds, let us explore new ideas and teach us something new about ourselves. Throughout history there have been many amazing authors who have produced works that have …

How we found our new logo.

We have a new logo!!! and we love it, but I wanted to take a minute to show you what we had, what we didn't go for and the final result. Our First Logo The first logo we made ourselves, and with only amateur design …

Major Acquisitions by Facebook

Facebook has been in the news again with another high profile acquisition. Just over a month after acquiring WhatsApp the social media giant has now purchased the leaders in virtual reality Oculus Rift. The list of …

Children's TV show timelines

Children's TV show related timelines have been trending over the weekend on Histropedia, I've been looking over some of these timelines and they are a trove of amazing memories from Saturday morning in front of the T.V.! …

Christmas Music

Explore the History of Christmas music! With songs and albums from the modern day all the way back to 1530 you’re sure to find the perfect Christmas song. Make sure to use the YouTube tab on these timelines, you should …

Timelines of Christmas Films

From films where the plot revolves around Christmas, like Miracle on 34th Street, to films set during the holidays, like Die Hard, there are hundreds of films that can be classed as Christmas films, and at the bottom of …

Timelines of famous films

Lights, camera, action! Its movie time on Histropedia! Timelines aren't just about history, they’re about chronology. They’re about exploring topics in a way that lets you immediately grasp which order things happened …

Films based on Marvel and DC Comics

For those who enjoy films based on comic book superhero characters we appear to are living in a golden age. With Marvel Studios releasing 10 big budget box office films so far, all set in the same universe, the hugely …

Filling in the gaps

Even when you know with all your heart your project has merit and can make an impact there's nothing like hearing it from someone else. So I would like to thank Chris Ellis (@MrChrisEllis) for this message he sent us …

As Support for XP ends we look back at the history of Windows

Today marks the end of support for Microsoft's operating system Windows XP. First released in 2001 Windows XP was one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems. Reaching an estimated market share of over 80% in 2007 …

WikidataCon 2017

In our opinion WikidataCon 2017 was a resounding success. We re-connected with many fellow Wikimedians and met new connections both inside and outside of the Wikimedia Community. The mood of the conference was one of …

Histropedia ALB open data forum presentation

This blog post has the slides and resources used during our recent presentation at the ALB open data forum at the Natural History Museum. Histropedia Directory Timelines: We started by loading the Timeline of Empires, we …

Presentation at ISWC 2014 - Slides and links

Useful Histropedia Links About Histropedia Timeline unavailable: Timeline app Tour of features Ideas and feedback forum All knowledge base articles Featured Timelines Other Links Wikipedia Wikidata Below are the slides …

Wikimania London 2014 - Not Long Now!

Here at Histropedia the whole team is really excited about the upcoming Wikimedia event this August. In an extreme stoke of good luck Wikimania is being held in London this year, and as a London based start-up that …

The Amazing Power of Wikidata

We have recently switched Histropedia’s primary source for event dates from Wikipedia to Wikidata. We are still using Wikipedia as a date source and all the events remain linked to a Wikipedia article, but now whenever …

Importing data into Wikidata - Current challenges and ideas for future development

This post is a follow up to the session I hosted at WikidataCon 2017 along with Stuart Prior from WikimediaUK (standing in for John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO) Data partnerships with reputable third …

Film Directors Comparison Timeline: Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Cameron

By combining and colour coding existing timelines we created a film directors comparison timeline to compare four of the greatest directors in history. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Timeline of Films Directed by Tim Burton

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, macabre, and quirky horror and fantasy films such as the horror …

Timeline of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock

"Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)[2] was an English film director and producer.[3] Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense",[4] he pioneered many elements of the suspense and …

Timeline of Bob Dylan Albums

Explore an interactive timeline of albums by American singer-song writer Bob Dylan, colour coded by Live, compilation and studio albums. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline …

Timelines of songs and albums by Eminem

Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III (born October 17, 1972) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and songwriter. Eminem is from Detroit, Michigan. Wikipedia Eminem has sold more than 172 million records, making …

Timeline of John Lennon albums

John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially …

Timelines of albums and songs by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", Springsteen is widely …

Timeline of Madonna albums

"Madonna Louise Ciccone; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery …

Timeline of Paul McCartney albums

Paul McCartney is an English, singer, songwriter and musician. He was born on July 18th 1942. He gained world wide fame as the bassist for the Beatles, and his songwriting partnership with John Lennon is one of the most …

Celebrating 50 Years of The Rolling Stones

50 years ago today (April 16, 1964) The Rolling Stones released their first studio album, "The Rolling Stones". To celebrate this landmark in music history we have a brief history of the band and a timeline of every …

Embedding Timelines – On this day content

Looking for new content for your blog? Need inspiration for your upcoming posts? With Histropedia you can embed any timeline on your blog for free and now we have started collecting timelines to help you find cool …

New upcoming feature: Embedding Timelines

Great News! We've added embedding timelines to the next release, and it’s going to be FREE! Our goal with this feature is to provide a resource that will allow you to easily add an extra level of engagement to your …

5 Timelines of Space Exploration

Discover the history of the Apollo program, private space flight, missions to Jupiter and more with these space exploration timelines Embedded timelines are read-only, click on the icon to open the timeline on the main …

Timeline of the NASA Apollo Program

The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. Timeline unavailable: History of the Apollo Program On a mobile device? Unfortunately Histropedia isn't yet …

Explorers from the Age of Discovery

Continuing our current theme of the history of exploration today’s timeline looks at some of the most important explorers from the Age of Discovery. Timeline unavailable: View the Timeline On a mobile device? …

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Started in the late 19th century and continued till the end of the first quarter of the 20th century. The major objective of many of the expeditions was to be the first party to …

Apollo 13 is Launched Today in 1970

Marking the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission we have a timeline of the History of the Apollo Program. The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. …

Fascinating Timeline of Mars Exploration.

Tomorrow Mars will be the closest to earth that it’s been since 2007, so not only will it be visible to the naked eye, but through the use of even a small telescope a number of topical Martian features will be visible. …

Priority Display: A step towards The Timeline for all of History

The next major feature for Histropedia is on its way, Priority Display will make a huge difference to the site and bring us a step closer to the timeline of everything. What does Priority Display do? Priority Display …

New Feature - Zooming in Further

We are excited to announce some major changes to the event editing system and an increase in the available zoom levels. The new editing options allow events to be pinned to the exact dates they occurred and the extra …

5 Interactive Timelines of Previous Oscar Winners

Making use once of Wikidata, and our new tool for creating live timelines from their ever expanding database, we have put together a few timelines of previous Academy Award Oscar winners. The timelines are created live …

Timeline of James Bond Films by Actor

Explore a slice of British film history with our timeline of James Bond films, colour coded by the actor who played the world's most famous spy in each film. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Film Directors Comparison Timeline: Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Cameron

By combining and colour coding existing timelines we created a film directors comparison timeline to compare four of the greatest directors in history. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Who has the best films? – Batman V Superman interactive timeline

The highly anticipated Batman v Superman film is almost here and we are about to see the world’s two most famous superheroes appear on the big screen at the same time. That’s not to say both characters don’t have a rich …

Timeline of Mars in Film

In what appears to be a return to form for Ridley Scott and in a possible oscar worthy role for Matt Damon, the hottest film in cinemas at the moment is The Martian, a science fiction film based on the Novel by Andy …

Timeline of Films Directed by Tim Burton

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, macabre, and quirky horror and fantasy films such as the horror …

Sean Connery Filmography Timeline

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes …

Timeline of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock

"Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)[2] was an English film director and producer.[3] Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense",[4] he pioneered many elements of the suspense and …

Timeline of Robin Williams filmography

"Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)[7] was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angelesin the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San …

Timelines of famous films

Lights, camera, action! Its movie time on Histropedia! Timelines aren't just about history, they’re about chronology. They’re about exploring topics in a way that lets you immediately grasp which order things happened …

Timeline of Christopher Lee films

Sir Christopher Lee, CBE, CStJ, was an English actor, singer and author. He was born on the 27th of May 1922 and died on the 7th of June 2015, he was 93 years old.In honour of the recent passing of such a great actor, …

Marlon Brando Filmography Timeline

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most …

Timelines of Christmas Films

From films where the plot revolves around Christmas, like Miracle on 34th Street, to films set during the holidays, like Die Hard, there are hundreds of films that can be classed as Christmas films, and at the bottom of …

Films based on Marvel and DC Comics

For those who enjoy films based on comic book superhero characters we appear to are living in a golden age. With Marvel Studios releasing 10 big budget box office films so far, all set in the same universe, the hugely …

Al Pacino turns 74 today and we have a timeline to celebrate

On the day Al Pacino turns 74 we take a look back at some of the movies that made him one of the most popular actors of his generation. Debut and Early Years Pacino's debut to the big screen came in 1969 with a minor …

Film Directors Comparison Timeline: Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Cameron

By combining and colour coding existing timelines we created a film directors comparison timeline to compare four of the greatest directors in history. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Timeline of Films Directed by Tim Burton

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, macabre, and quirky horror and fantasy films such as the horror …

Sean Connery Filmography Timeline

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes …

Timeline of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock

"Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)[2] was an English film director and producer.[3] Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense",[4] he pioneered many elements of the suspense and …

Timeline of Robin Williams filmography

"Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)[7] was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angelesin the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San …

Timeline of Christopher Lee films

Sir Christopher Lee, CBE, CStJ, was an English actor, singer and author. He was born on the 27th of May 1922 and died on the 7th of June 2015, he was 93 years old.In honour of the recent passing of such a great actor, …

Marlon Brando Filmography Timeline

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most …

Al Pacino turns 74 today and we have a timeline to celebrate

On the day Al Pacino turns 74 we take a look back at some of the movies that made him one of the most popular actors of his generation. Debut and Early Years Pacino's debut to the big screen came in 1969 with a minor …

Explore every FIFA World Cup since it began

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is almost here. As excitement is building we have a World Cup Timeline, so you can explore every World Cup since football’s biggest competition began in 1930. You can get all the facts and stats …

Timeline of James Bond Films by Actor

Explore a slice of British film history with our timeline of James Bond films, colour coded by the actor who played the world's most famous spy in each film. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW …

Who has the best films? – Batman V Superman interactive timeline

The highly anticipated Batman v Superman film is almost here and we are about to see the world’s two most famous superheroes appear on the big screen at the same time. That’s not to say both characters don’t have a rich …

Descendants of Charlemagne - Interactive Timeline

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I was King of the Franks from 9 October to 768 to 28 January 814. He was born on the 2 April 742 and died on the 28th of January 814. Charlemagne united most of …

Descendants timeline tutorial Part 2: Combining Wikidata query statements

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Our previous tutorial showed you how to use a Wikidata query to create a “descendants of” timeline. This time we are going to …

Tutorial: How to make a “descendants of” timeline using Wikidata.

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Using the incredible querying power of Wikidata, Histropedia can now automatically create an instant timeline showing descendants …

Top Timelines November Week 2

This week selection of timelines includes 16th century mathematicians, Guns of the American West and War paintings. PainP Let us know in the comments if you discover any interesting timelines and we will include them in …

Top Timelines November Week 1

This week selection of timelines include ancient mathematicians, films and literature. Let us know in the comments if you discover any interesting timelines and we will include them in next weeks Top Timelines! TOP …

Top Timelines October Week 4

This week selection of timelines include modern uses of ancient architecture and battles from a war in the early 18th century. And with Halloween just past, there is also a timeline of Horror films. Let us know in the …

Top Timelines October Week 3

This week selection of timelines range from military history to children's literature! We also have a timeline of time travel films in honour of #BackToTheFutureDay on the 21st. Let us know in the comments if you …

Top Timelines October Week 2

This week selection of timelines range from Samurai films to battles in a war that started after a British merchant ship captain and smuggler had his ear cut off! Let us know in the comments if you discover any …

Top Timelines October Week 1

Time to take a look at the most popular timelines on Histropedia for the 1st week of October. Another wide range of topics with topics including Vikings and space adventure! Let us know in the comments if you discover …

Top Timelines September week 4

It's Friday, and that means it's time for another look at the top timelines being viewed this week on Histropedia. Once again a wide range of timelines from art history to children's books. Let us know in the comments if …

Top timelines September Week 3

After another incredible week of organic traffic we have been looking through the different timelines being found to bring you a list of the most interesting and highly viewed timelines being discovered on Histropedia …

Top timelines September Week 2

With over 300,000 timelines in our directory even we don't know what timelines Histropedia has to offer, fortunately we are not the only one finding timelines, so here is a list of some of the interesting / popular …

Timelines for 2014

A collection of different timelines for 2014. We have a timeline of major events created directly from a Wikidata query, some timelines of top films and music of 2014 and a timeline of 2014 deaths. 2014 Events Timeline …

Featured Timelines - October

A few examples from Histropedia for the month of October The beta version released during October is working well, so well in fact that we felt it was time to start sharing some examples of what the site can do. Mobile …

On this day timelines December 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 30th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 29th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 28th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines November Week 2

This week selection of timelines includes 16th century mathematicians, Guns of the American West and War paintings. PainP Let us know in the comments if you discover any interesting timelines and we will include them in …

On this day timelines November 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines November Week 1

This week selection of timelines include ancient mathematicians, films and literature. Let us know in the comments if you discover any interesting timelines and we will include them in next weeks Top Timelines! TOP …

On this day timelines November 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines October Week 4

This week selection of timelines include modern uses of ancient architecture and battles from a war in the early 18th century. And with Halloween just past, there is also a timeline of Horror films. Let us know in the …

On this day timelines November 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 31st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 30th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 29th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 28th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines October Week 3

This week selection of timelines range from military history to children's literature! We also have a timeline of time travel films in honour of #BackToTheFutureDay on the 21st. Let us know in the comments if you …

On this day timelines October 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines October Week 2

This week selection of timelines range from Samurai films to battles in a war that started after a British merchant ship captain and smuggler had his ear cut off! Let us know in the comments if you discover any …

On this day timelines October 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines October Week 1

Time to take a look at the most popular timelines on Histropedia for the 1st week of October. Another wide range of topics with topics including Vikings and space adventure! Let us know in the comments if you discover …

On this day timelines October 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Top Timelines September week 4

It's Friday, and that means it's time for another look at the top timelines being viewed this week on Histropedia. Once again a wide range of timelines from art history to children's books. Let us know in the comments if …

Top timelines September Week 3

After another incredible week of organic traffic we have been looking through the different timelines being found to bring you a list of the most interesting and highly viewed timelines being discovered on Histropedia …

Top timelines September Week 2

With over 300,000 timelines in our directory even we don't know what timelines Histropedia has to offer, fortunately we are not the only one finding timelines, so here is a list of some of the interesting / popular …

Timeline of scientists

Explore the history of science with a timeline showing the life spans of the greatest scientists of all time. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) Without the …

Descendants of Charlemagne - Interactive Timeline

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I was King of the Franks from 9 October to 768 to 28 January 814. He was born on the 2 April 742 and died on the 28th of January 814. Charlemagne united most of …

Galileo Galilei timelines

Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher, responsible for some of the most revolutionary developments in the history of science. …

Timelines for 2014

A collection of different timelines for 2014. We have a timeline of major events created directly from a Wikidata query, some timelines of top films and music of 2014 and a timeline of 2014 deaths. 2014 Events Timeline …

New timelines in our People category

From Actors to Descendants of Queen Victoria we've been busy adding new timelines to our people category. We've embedded a few, but make sure you follow the link to see them all. UPDATE: You can now search for and add …

Explorers from the Age of Discovery

Continuing our current theme of the history of exploration today’s timeline looks at some of the most important explorers from the Age of Discovery. Timeline unavailable: View the Timeline On a mobile device? …

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Started in the late 19th century and continued till the end of the first quarter of the 20th century. The major objective of many of the expeditions was to be the first party to …

Today in 1912: The world's largest passenger ship, The Titanic, sets out on her maiden voyage

On the 10th of April 1912 The Titanic set out on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth to New York. On April the 14th, just 4 days into the voyage she struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland, sinking the ship and causing the …

Historical Fiction

We are continuing our recent literary theme today, this time looking at historical fiction. One of our major goals here at Histropedia is to make history more accessible, we are attempting to do this through creating a …

Featured Timelines - October

A few examples from Histropedia for the month of October The beta version released during October is working well, so well in fact that we felt it was time to start sharing some examples of what the site can do. Mobile …

Filling in the gaps

Even when you know with all your heart your project has merit and can make an impact there's nothing like hearing it from someone else. So I would like to thank Chris Ellis (@MrChrisEllis) for this message he sent us …

The long and winding Road

It’s been just over a year since we made our first designs for Histropedia. Too much has happened to talk about it all here, we would need a timeline for that Layouts, feature and product descriptions may have changed …

Histropedia Sheets – Timelines from spreadsheets

Histropedia Sheets is a new free tool for creating interactive timelines from spreadsheets published online with Google Sheets. It allows you to create custom timelines for any purpose using simple spreadsheet knowledge …

HistropediaJS v1.3.0 - Time Bands, Article layouts, event handlers and more

HistropediaJS 1.3.0 (4 Dec 2025) is a big quality-of-life release: no external dependencies, HiDPI-ready rendering, pluggable article card layouts, and a range of APIs that make timelines easier to customise, observe, …

Histropedia Sheets – Timelines from spreadsheets

Histropedia Sheets is a new free tool for creating interactive timelines from spreadsheets published online with Google Sheets. It allows you to create custom timelines for any purpose using simple spreadsheet knowledge …

HistropediaJS v1.2.0 Released

HistropediaJS v1.2.0 is now available 😊 The latest instalment is ready for lift off, with some really cool new features and an equally exciting huge boost in performance! Read on for a walk through some of the …

HistropediaJS v1.1.0 Released

HistropediaJS v1.1.0 is now available! This is a major new release with significant improvements to the core library, including a massive boost to the available zoom levels, upgraded zoom logic, built in pinch to zoom …

Visualising Wikidata on Interactive Timelines using HistropediaJS

Screenshot from the tool showing paintings by Vincent Van Gogh Two years ago, I attended Wikidata's 3rd birthday celebrations in the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. One thing that stuck out to me was the amazing …

HistropediaJS Timeline Renderer - New features

During the next few months we're rolling out some very cool new features and options and for HistropediaJS, our JavaScript library for creating interactive timelines. This includes some impressive looking animations and …

Examples From Our New Wikidata Timeline Creator

Have you seen our new Wikidata timeline creator? It lets us make filterable timelines live from Wikidata (Wikipedia data) and the results are very impressive!! Below are some of the latest timelines created by us and …

Time for an Update! HistropediaJS & ShowCase Timelines

When we are busy creating new things, we sometimes forget to tell the world what we are doing. So here is a long overdue and hopefully very exciting update on what's being going on at Histropedia recently. HistropediaJS …

New: Colour Coded Timelines

Any regular readers out there may have noticed a drop recently in blog posts, don’t fear this was a temporary pause while we concentrated on a few other projects. One of these is a new portal site which should be coming …

Embedding Timelines – On this day content

Looking for new content for your blog? Need inspiration for your upcoming posts? With Histropedia you can embed any timeline on your blog for free and now we have started collecting timelines to help you find cool …

The editable timeline directory - Help create a new way to visualise Wikipedia!

We have laid the groundwork for the timeline directory, now we need your help to turn it into the amazing resource we know it can be, join us and help create a new and engaging way to explore the ‘Sum of all Human …

Presenting the Timeline Directory and Auto-Arrange

With these two major features we are taking a huge step towards the final vision of creating a new resource that will allow all of history to be explored, compared, and analysed in an engaging and interactive …

Histropedia v0.6 feature news

Priority Display, Embedded Timelines, Automatic timeline creation and more! Histropedia beta v0.6 was released recently and sees the arrival of some fundamental features towards our end vision, including some really cool …

New upcoming feature: Embedding Timelines

Great News! We've added embedding timelines to the next release, and it’s going to be FREE! Our goal with this feature is to provide a resource that will allow you to easily add an extra level of engagement to your …

Priority Display: A step towards The Timeline for all of History

The next major feature for Histropedia is on its way, Priority Display will make a huge difference to the site and bring us a step closer to the timeline of everything. What does Priority Display do? Priority Display …

New Feature - Zooming in Further

We are excited to announce some major changes to the event editing system and an increase in the available zoom levels. The new editing options allow events to be pinned to the exact dates they occurred and the extra …

Feature Roadmap

Hello Everyone, We’re still waiting for the latest deployment to go live and expect to have the ‘Zooming in Further’ feature ready for testing sometime during the week. With not much else to talk about this week I felt …

Development Update - New Feature Coming Soon

Hello Everyone, Last week I promised some details on a new major feature that will be deployed soon, the feature is ‘Zooming in Further’ and should be live before the end of the month. Finally we will be able to assign …

Get the most out of Histropedia

Getting Started with Histropedia Here's a quick video giving a brief overview of how to use the latest beta version of Histropedia. It will be up on the How it Works page very soon. We will be making more videos going …

Histropedia Development Update

Histropedia BETA v1.0!! The big news this month is the launch of our first official public beta version. There is still a long way to go till we get a product that is ready for the mass market, but for anyone with a …

Sneak Preview Histropedia

The final stages of development are under way and the beta version of Histropedia will be launching soon, hopefully in the summer of 2013. So now seems like a good time to take a look at some of the latest designs for …

HistropediaJS v1.3.0 - Time Bands, Article layouts, event handlers and more

HistropediaJS 1.3.0 (4 Dec 2025) is a big quality-of-life release: no external dependencies, HiDPI-ready rendering, pluggable article card layouts, and a range of APIs that make timelines easier to customise, observe, …

Timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series

Our newly colour coded timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series lets you easily follow the history of each series. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline unavailable: Novels by …

Timeline of Poetry by T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), usually known as T. S. Eliot, was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". Wikipedia …

Timelines of books and short stories by Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and …

Novels and other works by Stephen King

Stephen King's full body of work is considerable, containing over 200 novels, novellas, non-fiction books, screenplays, poems and short stories. By using Histropedia’s ability to create timelines from Wikipedia …

Timeline of Novels By Charles Dickens

Timeline: Novels by Charles Dickens Time Range: 1837 to 1870 Category: Literature No of Events: 20 Charles Dickens was born on February 7 1812, he is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and is …

Historical Fiction

We are continuing our recent literary theme today, this time looking at historical fiction. One of our major goals here at Histropedia is to make history more accessible, we are attempting to do this through creating a …

New Bibliography Timelines

Books are a wonderful thing. They transport us to new worlds, let us explore new ideas and teach us something new about ourselves. Throughout history there have been many amazing authors who have produced works that have …

Today in 1912: The world's largest passenger ship, The Titanic, sets out on her maiden voyage

On the 10th of April 1912 The Titanic set out on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth to New York. On April the 14th, just 4 days into the voyage she struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland, sinking the ship and causing the …

Fascinating Timeline of Mars Exploration.

Tomorrow Mars will be the closest to earth that it’s been since 2007, so not only will it be visible to the naked eye, but through the use of even a small telescope a number of topical Martian features will be visible. …

Timeline of Publications in Mathematics

This timeline shows the chronology of publication of some of the most important works in the field of mathematics from all over the world. Timeline: Timeline unavailable: Publications in mathematics Time Range: 1600 BC …

Timeline of Bob Dylan Albums

Explore an interactive timeline of albums by American singer-song writer Bob Dylan, colour coded by Live, compilation and studio albums. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline …

Timelines of songs and albums by Eminem

Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III (born October 17, 1972) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and songwriter. Eminem is from Detroit, Michigan. Wikipedia Eminem has sold more than 172 million records, making …

Timeline of John Lennon albums

John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially …

Timelines of albums and songs by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", Springsteen is widely …

Timeline of Madonna albums

"Madonna Louise Ciccone; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery …

10 timelines of albums by the top selling bands of all time

To celebrate a time when there was no greater musical aspiration than to join a rock band, we take a look at the albums of the top selling bands of all time. We’ve listed the top 10 selling bands, each one with a link to …

Timeline of Paul McCartney albums

Paul McCartney is an English, singer, songwriter and musician. He was born on July 18th 1942. He gained world wide fame as the bassist for the Beatles, and his songwriting partnership with John Lennon is one of the most …

Christmas Music

Explore the History of Christmas music! With songs and albums from the modern day all the way back to 1530 you’re sure to find the perfect Christmas song. Make sure to use the YouTube tab on these timelines, you should …

Celebrating 50 Years of The Rolling Stones

50 years ago today (April 16, 1964) The Rolling Stones released their first studio album, "The Rolling Stones". To celebrate this landmark in music history we have a brief history of the band and a timeline of every …

Timeline of the NASA Apollo Program

The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. Timeline unavailable: History of the Apollo Program On a mobile device? Unfortunately Histropedia isn't yet …

Apollo 13 is Launched Today in 1970

Marking the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission we have a timeline of the History of the Apollo Program. The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. …

Timeline of Novels By Charles Dickens

Timeline: Novels by Charles Dickens Time Range: 1837 to 1870 Category: Literature No of Events: 20 Charles Dickens was born on February 7 1812, he is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and is …

Historical Fiction

We are continuing our recent literary theme today, this time looking at historical fiction. One of our major goals here at Histropedia is to make history more accessible, we are attempting to do this through creating a …

On this day timelines December 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines December 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 30th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 29th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 28th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines November 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 31st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 30th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 29th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 28th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 27th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 26th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 25th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 24th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 23rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 22nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 21st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 20th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 19th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 18th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 17th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 16th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 15th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Embedding Timelines – On this day content

Looking for new content for your blog? Need inspiration for your upcoming posts? With Histropedia you can embed any timeline on your blog for free and now we have started collecting timelines to help you find cool …

On this day timelines October 14th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 13th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 12th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 11th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 10th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 9th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 8th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 7th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 6th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 5th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 4th

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 3rd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 2nd

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

On this day timelines October 1st

This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history. Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of …

Histropedia ALB open data forum presentation

This blog post has the slides and resources used during our recent presentation at the ALB open data forum at the Natural History Museum. Histropedia Directory Timelines: We started by loading the Timeline of Empires, we …

5 Interactive Timelines of Previous Oscar Winners

Making use once of Wikidata, and our new tool for creating live timelines from their ever expanding database, we have put together a few timelines of previous Academy Award Oscar winners. The timelines are created live …

Discover timelines of famous painters

Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, we all know the names, but when were they alive? What periods are they from? Which ones were alive at the same time and which ones are separated by hundreds of years? …

Timelines of Famous Painters - Portal Page

As part of our effort to help you find timelines of famous painters we have created this page with a vast selection of timelines organised by century, nationality and period. Scroll through the list to find the timeline …

New timelines in our People category

From Actors to Descendants of Queen Victoria we've been busy adding new timelines to our people category. We've embedded a few, but make sure you follow the link to see them all. UPDATE: You can now search for and add …

HistropediaJS Timeline Renderer - New features

During the next few months we're rolling out some very cool new features and options and for HistropediaJS, our JavaScript library for creating interactive timelines. This includes some impressive looking animations and …

Priority Display: A step towards The Timeline for all of History

The next major feature for Histropedia is on its way, Priority Display will make a huge difference to the site and bring us a step closer to the timeline of everything. What does Priority Display do? Priority Display …

Timeline of Poetry by T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), usually known as T. S. Eliot, was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". Wikipedia …

Presidents of the United States of America - ShowCase Timeline

This special Showcase timeline shows the presidencies of all 47 Presidents of the United States, and has colour coded filters showing the political party of the president while in office. OPEN TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW TO …

Presidents of the United States of America - ShowCase Timeline

This special Showcase timeline shows the presidencies of all 47 Presidents of the United States, and has colour coded filters showing the political party of the president while in office. OPEN TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW TO …

Sneak Preview Histropedia

The final stages of development are under way and the beta version of Histropedia will be launching soon, hopefully in the summer of 2013. So now seems like a good time to take a look at some of the latest designs for …

Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries

This tutorial will teach you how create an instant timeline based on a specific location and radius. Just like the “descendants of” timelines from the previous tutorial these location based timelines are made using …

HistropediaJS v1.3.0 - Time Bands, Article layouts, event handlers and more

HistropediaJS 1.3.0 (4 Dec 2025) is a big quality-of-life release: no external dependencies, HiDPI-ready rendering, pluggable article card layouts, and a range of APIs that make timelines easier to customise, observe, …

HistropediaJS v1.2.0 Released

HistropediaJS v1.2.0 is now available 😊 The latest instalment is ready for lift off, with some really cool new features and an equally exciting huge boost in performance! Read on for a walk through some of the …

HistropediaJS v1.1.0 Released

HistropediaJS v1.1.0 is now available! This is a major new release with significant improvements to the core library, including a massive boost to the available zoom levels, upgraded zoom logic, built in pinch to zoom …

Histropedia v0.6 feature news

Priority Display, Embedded Timelines, Automatic timeline creation and more! Histropedia beta v0.6 was released recently and sees the arrival of some fundamental features towards our end vision, including some really cool …

Today in 1452: The great Leonardo Da Vinci was born

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was Born in Vinci, Republic of Florence (present-day Italy) on the 15th of April 1452. To celebrate his life and works we have an interactive timeline of his major works. Works By Leonardo …

HistropediaJS Timeline Renderer - New features

During the next few months we're rolling out some very cool new features and options and for HistropediaJS, our JavaScript library for creating interactive timelines. This includes some impressive looking animations and …

Timeline of Publications in Mathematics

This timeline shows the chronology of publication of some of the most important works in the field of mathematics from all over the world. Timeline: Timeline unavailable: Publications in mathematics Time Range: 1600 BC …

Feature Roadmap

Hello Everyone, We’re still waiting for the latest deployment to go live and expect to have the ‘Zooming in Further’ feature ready for testing sometime during the week. With not much else to talk about this week I felt …

Histropedia Development Update

Histropedia BETA v1.0!! The big news this month is the launch of our first official public beta version. There is still a long way to go till we get a product that is ready for the mass market, but for anyone with a …

Descendants of Charlemagne - Interactive Timeline

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I was King of the Franks from 9 October to 768 to 28 January 814. He was born on the 2 April 742 and died on the 28th of January 814. Charlemagne united most of …

Timeline of scientists

Explore the history of science with a timeline showing the life spans of the greatest scientists of all time. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) Without the …

Galileo Galilei timelines

Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher, responsible for some of the most revolutionary developments in the history of science. …

Timeline of Publications in Mathematics

This timeline shows the chronology of publication of some of the most important works in the field of mathematics from all over the world. Timeline: Timeline unavailable: Publications in mathematics Time Range: 1600 BC …

Today in 1452: The great Leonardo Da Vinci was born

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was Born in Vinci, Republic of Florence (present-day Italy) on the 15th of April 1452. To celebrate his life and works we have an interactive timeline of his major works. Works By Leonardo …

Timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series

Our newly colour coded timeline of Isaac Asimov novels by series lets you easily follow the history of each series. Timeline unavailable: CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW Timeline unavailable: Novels by …

Timeline of Mars in Film

In what appears to be a return to form for Ridley Scott and in a possible oscar worthy role for Matt Damon, the hottest film in cinemas at the moment is The Martian, a science fiction film based on the Novel by Andy …

Timelines of books and short stories by Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and …

Timeline of scientists

Explore the history of science with a timeline showing the life spans of the greatest scientists of all time. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) Without the …

Time for an Update! HistropediaJS & ShowCase Timelines

When we are busy creating new things, we sometimes forget to tell the world what we are doing. So here is a long overdue and hopefully very exciting update on what's being going on at Histropedia recently. HistropediaJS …

As Support for XP ends we look back at the history of Windows

Today marks the end of support for Microsoft's operating system Windows XP. First released in 2001 Windows XP was one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems. Reaching an estimated market share of over 80% in 2007 …

Timeline of Mars in Film

In what appears to be a return to form for Ridley Scott and in a possible oscar worthy role for Matt Damon, the hottest film in cinemas at the moment is The Martian, a science fiction film based on the Novel by Andy …

5 Timelines of Space Exploration

Discover the history of the Apollo program, private space flight, missions to Jupiter and more with these space exploration timelines Embedded timelines are read-only, click on the icon to open the timeline on the main …

Timeline of the NASA Apollo Program

The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. Timeline unavailable: History of the Apollo Program On a mobile device? Unfortunately Histropedia isn't yet …

Apollo 13 is Launched Today in 1970

Marking the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission we have a timeline of the History of the Apollo Program. The Apollo program was the third human space flight program carried out by NASA, running from 1961 to 1975. …

Fascinating Timeline of Mars Exploration.

Tomorrow Mars will be the closest to earth that it’s been since 2007, so not only will it be visible to the naked eye, but through the use of even a small telescope a number of topical Martian features will be visible. …

Visualising Wikidata on Interactive Timelines using HistropediaJS

Screenshot from the tool showing paintings by Vincent Van Gogh Two years ago, I attended Wikidata's 3rd birthday celebrations in the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. One thing that stuck out to me was the amazing …

Examples From Our New Wikidata Timeline Creator

Have you seen our new Wikidata timeline creator? It lets us make filterable timelines live from Wikidata (Wikipedia data) and the results are very impressive!! Below are some of the latest timelines created by us and …

Explore every FIFA World Cup since it began

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is almost here. As excitement is building we have a World Cup Timeline, so you can explore every World Cup since football’s biggest competition began in 1930. You can get all the facts and stats …

New: Colour Coded Timelines

Any regular readers out there may have noticed a drop recently in blog posts, don’t fear this was a temporary pause while we concentrated on a few other projects. One of these is a new portal site which should be coming …

Who has the best films? – Batman V Superman interactive timeline

The highly anticipated Batman v Superman film is almost here and we are about to see the world’s two most famous superheroes appear on the big screen at the same time. That’s not to say both characters don’t have a rich …

Films based on Marvel and DC Comics

For those who enjoy films based on comic book superhero characters we appear to are living in a golden age. With Marvel Studios releasing 10 big budget box office films so far, all set in the same universe, the hugely …

Ford Mustang: Launched 50 Years Ago Today

On this day (April 17th) in 1694 the first generation Ford Mustang was released. The Ford Mustang created a new class of American auto-mobile called The Pony Car. A sports car-like coupe with short rear decks and a long …

Today in 1912: The world's largest passenger ship, The Titanic, sets out on her maiden voyage

On the 10th of April 1912 The Titanic set out on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth to New York. On April the 14th, just 4 days into the voyage she struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland, sinking the ship and causing the …

As Support for XP ends we look back at the history of Windows

Today marks the end of support for Microsoft's operating system Windows XP. First released in 2001 Windows XP was one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems. Reaching an estimated market share of over 80% in 2007 …

Major Acquisitions by Facebook

Facebook has been in the news again with another high profile acquisition. Just over a month after acquiring WhatsApp the social media giant has now purchased the leaders in virtual reality Oculus Rift. The list of …

The editable timeline directory - Help create a new way to visualise Wikipedia!

We have laid the groundwork for the timeline directory, now we need your help to turn it into the amazing resource we know it can be, join us and help create a new and engaging way to explore the ‘Sum of all Human …

Presenting the Timeline Directory and Auto-Arrange

With these two major features we are taking a huge step towards the final vision of creating a new resource that will allow all of history to be explored, compared, and analysed in an engaging and interactive …

Ford Mustang: Launched 50 Years Ago Today

On this day (April 17th) in 1694 the first generation Ford Mustang was released. The Ford Mustang created a new class of American auto-mobile called The Pony Car. A sports car-like coupe with short rear decks and a long …

Embedding Timelines – On this day content

Looking for new content for your blog? Need inspiration for your upcoming posts? With Histropedia you can embed any timeline on your blog for free and now we have started collecting timelines to help you find cool …

Discover timelines of famous painters

Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, we all know the names, but when were they alive? What periods are they from? Which ones were alive at the same time and which ones are separated by hundreds of years? …

Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries

This tutorial will teach you how create an instant timeline based on a specific location and radius. Just like the “descendants of” timelines from the previous tutorial these location based timelines are made using …

Descendants timeline tutorial Part 2: Combining Wikidata query statements

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Our previous tutorial showed you how to use a Wikidata query to create a “descendants of” timeline. This time we are going to …

Tutorial: How to make a “descendants of” timeline using Wikidata.

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Using the incredible querying power of Wikidata, Histropedia can now automatically create an instant timeline showing descendants …

Get the most out of Histropedia

Getting Started with Histropedia Here's a quick video giving a brief overview of how to use the latest beta version of Histropedia. It will be up on the How it Works page very soon. We will be making more videos going …

Children's TV show timelines

Children's TV show related timelines have been trending over the weekend on Histropedia, I've been looking over some of these timelines and they are a trove of amazing memories from Saturday morning in front of the T.V.! …

25 Years of the Simpsons

25 years ago today the first episode of the Simpsons aired on network television. 561 episodes and 26 seasons later the animated show is the longest running American sitcom. One of the most popular TV shows of all time, …

Presidents of the United States of America - ShowCase Timeline

This special Showcase timeline shows the presidencies of all 47 Presidents of the United States, and has colour coded filters showing the political party of the president while in office. OPEN TIMELINE IN A NEW WINDOW TO …

The long and winding Road

It’s been just over a year since we made our first designs for Histropedia. Too much has happened to talk about it all here, we would need a timeline for that Layouts, feature and product descriptions may have changed …

Importing data into Wikidata - Current challenges and ideas for future development

This post is a follow up to the session I hosted at WikidataCon 2017 along with Stuart Prior from WikimediaUK (standing in for John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO) Data partnerships with reputable third …

Visualising Wikidata on Interactive Timelines using HistropediaJS

Screenshot from the tool showing paintings by Vincent Van Gogh Two years ago, I attended Wikidata's 3rd birthday celebrations in the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. One thing that stuck out to me was the amazing …

WikidataCon 2017

In our opinion WikidataCon 2017 was a resounding success. We re-connected with many fellow Wikimedians and met new connections both inside and outside of the Wikimedia Community. The mood of the conference was one of …

Examples From Our New Wikidata Timeline Creator

Have you seen our new Wikidata timeline creator? It lets us make filterable timelines live from Wikidata (Wikipedia data) and the results are very impressive!! Below are some of the latest timelines created by us and …

Time for an Update! HistropediaJS & ShowCase Timelines

When we are busy creating new things, we sometimes forget to tell the world what we are doing. So here is a long overdue and hopefully very exciting update on what's being going on at Histropedia recently. HistropediaJS …

Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries

This tutorial will teach you how create an instant timeline based on a specific location and radius. Just like the “descendants of” timelines from the previous tutorial these location based timelines are made using …

Descendants timeline tutorial Part 2: Combining Wikidata query statements

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Our previous tutorial showed you how to use a Wikidata query to create a “descendants of” timeline. This time we are going to …

Tutorial: How to make a “descendants of” timeline using Wikidata.

New tutorial now available: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries Using the incredible querying power of Wikidata, Histropedia can now automatically create an instant timeline showing descendants …

Wikimania London 2014 - Not Long Now!

Here at Histropedia the whole team is really excited about the upcoming Wikimedia event this August. In an extreme stoke of good luck Wikimania is being held in London this year, and as a London based start-up that …

The Amazing Power of Wikidata

We have recently switched Histropedia’s primary source for event dates from Wikipedia to Wikidata. We are still using Wikipedia as a date source and all the events remain linked to a Wikipedia article, but now whenever …

Feature Roadmap

Hello Everyone, We’re still waiting for the latest deployment to go live and expect to have the ‘Zooming in Further’ feature ready for testing sometime during the week. With not much else to talk about this week I felt …

Development Update - New Feature Coming Soon

Hello Everyone, Last week I promised some details on a new major feature that will be deployed soon, the feature is ‘Zooming in Further’ and should be live before the end of the month. Finally we will be able to assign …

Explore every FIFA World Cup since it began

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is almost here. As excitement is building we have a World Cup Timeline, so you can explore every World Cup since football’s biggest competition began in 1930. You can get all the facts and stats …