20 sheets · 1166 events

Printable timeline charts

The same chronology, laid out for paper. Each sheet is one continuous timeline built to print black-on-white, with the column header repeating at the top of every page and the breaks falling between decades rather than mid-run - the one thing 1,027 separate year pages in a browser cannot give you on a wall.

A wall chart has to be readable from a step back, so every sheet shows the events scored 8 or higher for significance and says so in print. Nothing is hidden by that line: all 4,992 events, at every significance, stay free to read in full on their own year and event pages.

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83 events · 10001099

The 11th Century - 1000 to 1099

A single continuous chronology of the 11th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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38 events · 11001199

The 12th Century - 1100 to 1199

A single continuous chronology of the 12th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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100 events · 12001299

The 13th Century - 1200 to 1299

A single continuous chronology of the 13th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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84 events · 13001399

The 14th Century - 1300 to 1399

A single continuous chronology of the 14th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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63 events · 14001499

The 15th Century - 1400 to 1499

A single continuous chronology of the 15th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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127 events · 15001599

The 16th Century - 1500 to 1599

A single continuous chronology of the 16th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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173 events · 16001699

The 17th Century - 1600 to 1699

A single continuous chronology of the 17th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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169 events · 17001799

The 18th Century - 1700 to 1799

A single continuous chronology of the 18th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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133 events · 18001899

The 19th Century - 1800 to 1899

A single continuous chronology of the 19th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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151 events · 19001998

The 20th Century - 1900 to 1999

A single continuous chronology of the 20th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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45 events · 20002026

The 21st Century - 2000 to 2099

A single continuous chronology of the 21st century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

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224 events · 10001300

High Middle Ages - 1000 to 1300

Crusades, cathedrals, and the slow waking of Europe. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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147 events · 13011500

Late Middle Ages - 1301 to 1500

Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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232 events · 15011650

Renaissance - 1501 to 1650

Reformation, conquest, and the world drawn whole. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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236 events · 16511800

Enlightenment - 1651 to 1800

Reason, revolution, and the first global wars. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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133 events · 18011900

Industrial Age - 1801 to 1900

Steam, empire, and the unmaking of the old order. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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150 events · 19012000

Modern Era - 1901 to 2000

World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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44 events · 20012026

Contemporary - 2001 to 2026

Networks, climate, and the new uncertainty. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

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181 events · 10002023

A Thousand Years of Science and Technology

Every discovery, invention and instrument in the corpus, from 1000 to the present, as one continuous chronology sectioned by century.

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290 events · 10132025

A Thousand Years of War

Sieges, battles, invasions and treaties across ten centuries, as one continuous chronology sectioned by century.

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What costs and what does not

The history is free. The sheet is not.

Every event on these charts is free to read in full on its own year and event page - no account, no paywall, forever. A sample of each sheet renders for everyone so you can judge the layout before deciding. Premium unlocks the complete print-ready charts.