HistoryTape: an interactive world history timeline

HistoryTape puts 1081 major events from 10,000 BCE to today on one zoomable timeline. Filter by category (war, politics, science, culture, religion, disaster, economy, exploration and sports) and by region (Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas) to see what was happening around the world at the same time. Test yourself with history quizzes, or play Alternate History and change how events turned out.

Browse by era

• Ancient World (3200 BCE – 500 BCE)
• Classical Era (500 BCE – 500 AD)
• Medieval (500 AD – 1450 AD)
• Early Modern (1450 AD – 1800 AD)
• Industrial Age (1800 AD – 1945 AD)
• Modern (1945 AD – 2025 AD)

On this day in history

See what happened on each day of the year: browse history by date.

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