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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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? …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …