List of timelines

Last updated February 23, 2025

This is a list of timelines currently on Wikipedia.

Overview
Types
General
Prehistory
History
Arts
Biographical
Contemporary culture
Entertainment
Comic books
Crime
Disasters
Economics
Environment
Fictional timelines of history
Peoples, nations, cultures and geographical
Ancient civilizations
Extant civilizations
Health
Law
Military
Military conflicts
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
Ayyavazhi
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Sikhism
Science
Anthropology
Astronautics and planetary science
Astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology
Biology
Chemistry
Environmental sciences
Geology and paleontology
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology
Physiology, medicine, and health
Physics
Psychology
Sports
Technology
Communication and information media
Computers and related technology
Everyday necessities
Light and optical instruments
Measurement
General mechanical engineering
Transportation and space exploration
Miscellaneous
Terrorism
See also
External links

Overview

There are several types of timeline articles.

Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia.
Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or millennia.
Timelines by year are timelines for one particular year that show the developments for that year within the topical area of that timeline.
Lists of years or Tables of years are indexes that list all of the individual timelines by year that pertain to a specific topic.

Timespans next to the timeline articles listed here include the date of the earliest item included in the linked timeline article.

Types

Living graph
Logarithmic timeline
Log file
Synchronoptic view
Interactive timeline (video games, interactive websites, interactive media, simulations, virtual reality, augmented reality)

General

Chronology of the universe
Timeline of Nature
Timeline of cosmological epochs (13,700,000,000 BCE – present)
List of time periods
List of decades, centuries, and millennia
3rd millennium (expected future events)
List of years
- 2025

Prehistory

Timeline of the early universe – events dating from the formation of the universe
Timelines from the formation of the Earth to the rise of modern humans
- Timeline of natural history (13,700,000,000 BCE – 200,000 BCE)
  - Timeline of the evolutionary history of life (4,300,000,000 BCE - present)
    - Timeline of human evolution (4,300,000,000 BCE – 350,000 BCE)
Timeline of human prehistory (350,000 BCE – 3400 BCE)

History

History, chronologically

Timeline of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact (47,000 BCE–1492 CE)
Timeline of environmental history (15,000 BCE – present)
Timeline of country and capital changes (3850 BCE – present)
Timeline of ancient history (3500 BCE – 500 CE)
- Timeline of ancient Greek mathematicians (700 BCE – 600 CE)
  - Chronology of ancient Greek mathematicians
- Timeline of ancient Romania (3900 BCE – 400 CE)
- Timeline of ancient Greece (800 BCE – 146 CE)
- Timeline of Roman history (754 BCE - 1453 CE)
Timeline of LGBT history (25th century BCE – present)
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year (1867 – present)
- Timeline of same-sex marriage (1989 CE–present)
Chronology of European exploration of Asia (330 BCE–1595 CE)
Timeline of the Middle Ages (410 CE – 1499)
Chronology of colonialism (821–2010)
- Chronology of the colonization of North America (986–1791)
Abolition of slavery timeline (1102 CE–present)
Timeline of European exploration (1418 – present)
Timeline of European imperialism (1402–1919)
Timelines of modern history (1500 CE – present)
- Timeline of early modern history (1500 CE – 1899)
  - Timeline of the Salem witch trials (1688–1713)
  - List of African-American firsts (1738–present)
  - Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803–1807)
- Timeline of modern American conservatism (1933 CE – present)
- Timeline of the open-access movement (1942–present)
- 2025
Timeline of the far future (10,000 CE – $10^{10^{10^{56}}}$ )

Women in history

Arts

Timeline of art (prehistoric – present)
Timeline of architecture (8000 BCE – present)
Timeline of architectural styles (6000 BCE – present)
Timeline of Native American art history (10,200 BCE – present)
List of years in literature (2400 BCE – present)
- 2025 in literature
Chronology of works by Caravaggio
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays (1589–1614)

Biographical

Timeline of Lord Byron (1788–1824)
Timeline of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
Timeline of Steve Jobs media (1980–2011)
Timeline of project management (2570 BCE – present)
Timeline of labor and labor union issues and events (1797 CE–1989)

Contemporary culture

Entertainment

Chronology of console role-playing games (1973–present)
List of years in film (1875–present)
- 2025 in film
List of musical events (20th century BCE – present)
List of years in television (1900–present)
- 2025 in television
Timeline of the BBC (1922–present)

Comic books

Timeline of DC Comics (1934 – present)
List of comic book supervillain debuts (1939 – present)
List of Marvel Comics first appearances (1939 – present)
List of Marvel Comics superhero debuts (1939 – present)
Publication history of DC Comics crossover events (1961 – present)
Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events (1984 – present)
List of superhero debuts (1902 – present)

Crime

List of assassinated people
Timeline of organized crime (1880–present)
Timeline of piracy (1680–present)
List of riots (121 BCE – present)
Timeline of Rob Ford video scandal (2013–2016)

Disasters

List of historic fires (356 BCE – present)
List of epidemics
Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
Chronology of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1912)

Economics

Chronology of world oil market events (1970–2003)
World oil market chronology from 2003 (2003–present)
2003 world oil market chronology (2003)
Timeline of Brazilian economic stabilization plans (1989–1994)
Timeline of international trade
Timeline of largest projects in the Russian economy
Timeline of the Great Recession

Environment

General

List of years in the environment and environmental sciences (1927 – present)
Timeline of environmental history (15,000 BCE – present)
Timeline of the New Zealand environment (10th century CE – present)
Timeline of history of environmentalism (630s – present)

Weather and environmental disasters

Life

Timeline of the evolutionary history of life
List of years in birding and ornithology
List of years in paleontology (17th century – present)
- 2025 in paleontology

Fictional timelines of history

Timeline of Star Trek – multimedia science fiction series.

Peoples, nations, cultures and geographical

Timeline of food
Chronology of colonialism
Timeline of country and capital changes
Timeline of maritime migration and exploration
Timeline of the European migrant crisis

Ancient civilizations

Chronology of the ancient Near East (Ancient Orient including Babylonia and Assyria)
Conventional Egyptian chronology (3200 BCE – 525 BCE)
Egyptian chronology
History of ancient Israel and Judah (1700 BCE – 200 BCE)
Kings of Rome (prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic) (753 BCE – 510 BCE)
List of Roman Consuls
Mesoamerican chronology
Timeline of the Mongol Empire
Seljuk Rulers (1037 CE – 1194)
Timeline of ancient Greece (800 BCE – 146 BCE)
Timeline of ancient Mesopotamia
Timeline of Roman history (754 BCE – 1461 CE)
Timeline of prehistoric Scotland (10,800 BCE – 1 BCE)
Timeline of the Three Kingdoms period (184 CE – 251)

Extant civilizations

Supranational entities and regions, peoples

Sovereign states

Subnational regions and cities, narrow timelines

Health

Timeline of cancer treatment development
Timeline of deworming
List of epidemics
Timeline of global health (18th century – present)
Timeline of hospitals
Timeline of psychiatry
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic

Law

List of judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1995–present)
List of treaties (1283 BCE – present)
Timeline of women's rights (other than voting) (1707 CE–present)
List of United States federal legislation (1785–present)
Lists of United States Supreme Court cases (1789–present)
Timeline of United States diplomatic history (1776–present)
Timeline of civil marriage in the United States (1830–present)
Food and Drug Administration History and Related Legislation (1862–present)
Timeline of women lawyers (1869–present)
Timeline of women lawyers in the United States (1869–present)
Timeline of Cox Report controversy espionage detailed in the Cox Report released by the U.S. Congress in 1999 (1995–1999)

Military

List of battles (2071 BCE – present)
List of wars (Prehistory–present)
Military history (Prehistory–present)
Timeline of events in the Cold War (1945–1991)
Timeline of United Nations peacekeeping missions (1948–present)
Timeline of United States military operations
History of the Arab–Israeli conflict
Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Timeline of the Iranian Islamic revolution
Timeline of the Special Operations Executive, Section F (1941–1945)
Women in ancient warfare (17th century BCE-4th century CE)
Women in post-classical warfare (5th century-15th century CE)
Women in warfare (1500-1699)
Women in 18th-century warfare
Timeline of women in the United States Navy
Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America (1754–1783)
Timeline of women in warfare in the United States before 1900 (1800s–1898)
Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century
Timeline of notable women in World War I
Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 to 1949
Women in warfare and the military (1900–1945)
Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 to 1999
Women in warfare and the military (1945–1999)
Timeline of women in warfare in the United States since 2000
Women in warfare and the military (2000–present)

Military conflicts

Timeline of Colombian armed conflict
Timeline of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453)
Timeline of Francis Drake's circumnavigation (1577–1580)
Timeline of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651)
- Timeline of the English Civil War (1642–1651)
Timeline of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
Timeline of the French Revolution (1789–1799)
Timeline of the War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Timeline of the Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
Timeline of the Spanish–American War (1898)
Timeline of Philippine–American War (1898–1913)
Timeline of World War I (1914–1924)
- Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War I
- Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916)
Timeline of the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)
Timeline of the Irish Civil War (1922–1923)
Timeline of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1928–1937)
Timeline of World War II (1939–1945)
- Timeline of events preceding World War II
  - Events preceding World War II in Asia
  - Events preceding World War II in Europe
- Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II
- Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939)
- Timeline of the Second Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
- Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940)
- Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign (1940)
- Timeline of the North African Campaign (1940–1943)
- Timeline of World War II (1939)
- Timeline of World War II (1940)
- Timeline of World War II (1941)
- Timeline of World War II (1942)
- Timeline of World War II (1943)
- Timeline of World War II (1944)
- Timeline of World War II (1945)
Timeline of the Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1950)
Timeline of the Kashmir conflict (1947–present)
Timeline of Colombian armed conflict (1962–present)
Timeline of Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
Timeline of the Gulf War (1990–1991)
Timeline of the Algerian Civil War (1991–2002)
Timeline of the Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994)
Timeline of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Timeline of the Iraq War (2003–2011)
Timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War (2006)
Timeline of the Gaza War (2008–2009)
Timeline of the 2008 South Ossetia War (2008)
Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014)
Timeline of the 2014 Gaza War
Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–)
Timeline of the Gaza war (2023–)

Philosophy

Timeline of philosophers
Timeline of Eastern philosophers (Prehistory–present)
Timeline of Western philosophers (600 BCE – 1950)
List of years in philosophy
- 2025 in philosophy

Politics

List of years in politics (16th century–present)
- 2025 in politics and government
State leaders by year (3200 BCE–present)
Timeline of feminism (380 BCE–present)
Timeline of feminism in the United States (1776–present)
Timeline of historical geopolitical changes (~9500 BCE–present)
Timeline of women's suffrage (1718–present)
Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States (1777–present)
Timeline of Zionism (1777–1991)
Timeline of the American Revolution (1763–1789)
Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution (1785–1791)
Timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom (1832–present)
Timeline of the governorship of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (29 May 2015–present)
Timeline of the presidency of Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1960–1963)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2010)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2011)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2012)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2013)
Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2014)
United States presidential election, 2008 timeline (2002–2009)
United States presidential election, 2016 timeline (2014–2016)
Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)
Timeline of post-election transition following Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (January–June 2017)
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2017)
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (January–June 2018)
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019)
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2020–2021)
Timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump
Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency

Religion

List of founders of religious traditions (2300 BCE – present)
Timeline of women as Protestant bishops (1929–present)
Timeline of women as archbishops (1934–present)
Timeline of Chinese mythology
Timeline of women in religion (6th century BCE – present)
Timeline of women's ordination (6th century BCE – present)
Timeline of women's ordination in the United States (1815 CE–present)
Religious leaders by year (451–present)

Ayyavazhi

Timeline of Ayyavazhi history (1809–present)

Buddhism

Timeline of Buddhism (563 BCE – present)

Christianity

Timeline of Christianity (6 BCE – present)
Chronology of the Bible
Chronology of Revelation
Book of Mormon chronology
Timeline of LGBT Mormon history
Chronology of Jesus
Timeline of Christian missions (31 CE–present)
Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in America
Timeline of the English Reformation (1415–1554)
Timeline of women as Protestant bishops (1929–present)
Timeline of women as archbishops (1934–present)

Hinduism

Sikhism

Sikh gurus (1469–1666)

Science

The Cosmic Calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe, scaling its current age of 13.8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for pedagogical purposes in science education or popular science.

Chronology of the universe
List of years in science (1st century BCE – present)
- 2025 in science
Timeline of nature
Timeline of historic inventions (7th century BCE – present)

Timeline of scientific discoveries (17th century BCE – present)
Timeline of scientific experiments (240 BCE – present)
Timeline of the history of scientific method (2000 BCE – 2009 CE)
Timeline of science and engineering in the Muslim world (610 CE – present)
Timeline of Polish science and technology (1251 – present)
Timeline of dendrochronology timestamp events (~10,000 BCE–present)

Anthropology

Timeline of human development
Timeline of anthropology (1870–2020)
Timeline of archaeology (1506 – present)

Astronautics and planetary science

Timeline of first orbital launches by country (1957–2022)
Timeline of Solar System exploration (1944–present)
Timeline of space travel by nationality (1961–present)

Astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology

Timeline of cosmology (16th century BCE – present)
Timeline of cosmological theories (16th century BCE – present)
Timeline of stellar astronomy (137 BCE – 1967 CE)
Timeline of solar astronomy (850 CE – present)
Timeline of solar system astronomy (2137 BCE – present)
Outer space by year (1944 – present)
Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons (3,300,000 BCE – present)
Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae (185 CE – 2017)
Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure (964 CE – present)
Timeline of knowledge about the interstellar and intergalactic medium (1848 CE – 1990)
Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy (1896 CE – 2009)
Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys (1800 BCE – present)
Timeline of the Big Bang (13,700,000,000 BCE – 100,000,000,000,000 CE)
Timeline of black hole physics (1640 CE – present)
Timeline of planetary exploration
Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth

Biology

Biology timelines
Timeline of biology and organic chemistry
Timeline of biotechnology (7,000 BCE–present)
Timeline of evolution
Timeline of extinctions
Timeline of human evolution
Timeline of life
Timeline of senescence research
Timeline of zoology

Chemistry

Environmental sciences

List of years in the environment and environmental sciences
- 2025 in the environment and environmental sciences

Geology and paleontology

Timeline of geology (1025–1980)
Geologic time scale (Prehistory)
Timetable of the Precambrian (Prehistory)
Timeline of paleontology (1027–2016)
Timeline of glaciation (Prehistory)
New Zealand geologic time scale (Prehistory)
Timeline of women in geology

Mathematics and statistics

Timeline of algorithms (1600 BCE – present)
Timeline of category theory and related mathematics (1890 CE–present)
Timeline of information theory (1872–2008)
Timeline of mathematics (70,000 BCE–present)
Timeline of probability and statistics (19th century–present)
Timeline of women in mathematics (350-370–present)
Timeline of women in mathematics in the United States (1829–present)

Meteorology

Timeline of meteorology (350 BCE – present)
Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology (9th century CE–present)

Physiology, medicine, and health

Progress of the SARS outbreak (2002–2004)
Timeline of AIDS (1930s–present)
Timeline of antibiotics (1935 CE–present)
Timeline of medicine and medical technology (27th century BCE–present)
Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine (1886–present)
Timeline of vaccines (1796–present)
2009 flu pandemic timeline (2009–2010)
2014 Ebola virus disease epidemic timeline (2013–present)

Physics

Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries (250 BCE–present)
Timeline of classical mechanics (300s BCE–1992 CE)
Timeline of condensed matter physics (1900–present)
Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics (424 BCE–1999 CE)
Timeline of fluid and continuum mechanics (300 BCE–present)
Timeline of thermodynamics (1650 CE–present)
Timeline of states of matter and phase transitions (1895–2000)
Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity (9th century CE–2019)
Timeline of atomic and subatomic physics (585 BCE–present)
Timeline of particle physics (1815–present)
Timeline of particle discoveries (1800–present)
Timeline of nuclear fusion (1929–present)
Timeline of nuclear program of Iran (1956–present)
Timeline of carbon nanotubes (1952–present)
Timeline of quantum mechanics (1801–present)
Timeline of crystallography (1723–present)

Psychology

Timeline of psychology (1550 BCE–present)
Timeline of coaching psychology (1926–present)
Timeline of psychotherapy (1550 BCE–present)

Sports

Timeline of changes in the sport of athletics
Timeline of football (soccer) (3rd century BCE–present)
Timeline of Scottish football
Timeline of women's sports (1780–present)
Timeline of foundation of national rugby unions (1871–2015)
Timeline of golf history (1353–1850)
Timeline of golf history (1851–1945)
Timeline of golf history (1945–1999)
Timeline of golf (2000–present)

Technology

History of technology (2.5 Mya–present)
Timeline of historic inventions (3.3–2.6 Mya–present)
Timelines of United States inventions and discoveries (1717–2009)
Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records
Timeline of sustainable energy research 2020–present
List of technologies

Communication and information media

Timeline of communication technology (36th century BCE–present)
Timeline of postal history (1639–present)
Timeline of the telephone (1849–present)
Timeline of the introduction of television in countries and regions (1928–2018)
Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries (1950–1987)
Timeline of CGI in film and television (1961–present)

Library science

Timeline of women in library science

Computers and related technology

Timeline of free and open-source software (1976–present)
Timeline of hypertext technology (1945–2001)
Timeline of computer viruses and worms (1966–present)
Timeline of social media (1979/1980–present)
Timeline of Linux kernel development (1991–present)
Timeline of computing
Microprocessor chronology
Timeline of programming languages
History of computer science
Timeline of video game console releases
Timeline of operating systems (1951–present)
Timeline of artificial intelligence (Antiquity–present)
Timeline of machine translation
Timeline of quantum computing and communication (1970–present)
Timeline of computer security hacker history (1971–present)
Timeline of women in computing (1842–present)

Everyday necessities

Timeline of agriculture and food technology (12,000 BCE – present)
Timeline of clothing and textiles technology (50,000 BCE–1963)

Light and optical instruments

Timeline of lighting technology (Prehistory–present)
Timeline of microscope technology (1590–present)
Timeline of photography technology (1717–present)
Timeline of telescope technology (antiquity–present)
Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology (1000–present)

Measurement

Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology (1450–1930)
Timeline of time measurement technology (270 BCE–present)

General mechanical engineering

Timeline of motor and engine technology (c. 30–70 CE–present)
Timeline of heat engine technology (Prehistory– present)
History of robots (Ancient times – present)

Transportation and space exploration

List of years in rail transport
- 2025 in rail transport
Maritime timeline (45,000 BCE–1994)
Timeline of transportation technology (20,000 BCE–present)
Timeline of railway history (428 BCE–present)
Timeline of United States railway history (1810s–present)
Timeline of the London Underground (1820s–present)
Timeline of motorized bicycle history (1868–1986)
Timeline of aviation (1700/1000 BCE–present)
Timeline of rocket and missile technology (1st century–2010)
Timeline of spaceflight
Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes (1957–2010)

Miscellaneous

Timeline of biotechnology (7,000 BCE–present)
Timeline of British breweries (1880–2000)
Timeline of diving technology (Prehistory–present)
Timeline of materials technology (29,000 BCE–present)
Women in dentistry (16th century–present)
Timeline of female education (1608–present)
Timeline of hydrogen technologies (1625–present)
Timeline of solar cells (1839–present)
Female education in the United States (1639–present)
Timeline of women's colleges in the United States (1742–present)
Timeline of low-temperature technology (1850–present)
Women in dentistry in the United States (1855–present)
Timeline of historically black women's colleges (1870–present)
List of first female mayors (1887–present)
Timeline of particle physics technology (1896–1968)

Terrorism

Timeline of terrorist attacks in the United States (1782–present)
Timeline of the September 11, 2001 attacks (1939–present)
- Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks (11 September 2001)
- Timeline for September following the September 11 attacks (11–30 September 2001)
- Timeline for October following the September 11 attacks (October 2001)
- Timeline beyond October following the September 11 attacks (November 2001–present)
Timeline of Earth Liberation Front actions (1997–present)
Timeline of the 2011 Norway attacks (1999–22 July 2011)
Timeline of Abu Sayyaf attacks (2000–present)
Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)

External links

ChronoZoom is a timeline for Big History being developed for the International Big History Association by Microsoft Research and University of California, Berkeley
Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments
Alabama Civil War Timeline
Asian Studies online:timelines data base
Art of the Wikipedia Nature Timelines (includes: Human timeline; Life timeline; Nature timeline).

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