History timeline
History by region
Each region’s periods and events, listed by date. Open one in the timeline to see what the rest of the world was doing at the same time.
Side by side
- China vs Europe: Comparative History Timeline5001 BCE – today
- Han China and Rome: Side-by-Side Timeline206 BCE – 476
- Spain, Portugal and the Americas: Colonial History Timeline1492 – 1825
- World Religions Timeline1800 BCE – 1992
Asia Pacific
- China5001 BCE – today
- Japan14001 BCE – today
- Korea2333 BCE – today
- South Korea1948 – today
- Vietnam1001 BCE – today
- Singapore650 – today
- Thailand600 – today
- India2601 BCE – 1949
- Indonesia650 – 1998
- Malaysia1400 – 2003
- Pakistan7000 BCE – 1998
- Myanmar200 BCE – today
- Mongolia209 BCE – 1992
- Cambodia50 – 1993
- Laos500 BCE – today
Europe
- UK3001 BCE – 1945
- Netherlands101 BCE – 1795
- France501 BCE – 1815
- Germany501 BCE – 1990
- Russia701 BCE – today
- Ukraine1199 – today
- Italy753 BCE – 1957
- Greece3001 BCE – today
- Portugal218 BCE – 1986
- Spain1101 BCE – 1986
- Ireland432 – today
- Belgium57 BCE – 1993
- Luxembourg963 – 1974
- Austria1200 BCE – 1955
- Denmark793 – 1992
- Norway872 – 1990
- Iceland874 – 1986
- Poland960 – 1989
- Czechia833 – 1993
- Slovakia623 – 1993
- Hungary895 – 1989
- Estonia1208 – 1996
- Latvia1201 – 1991
- Lithuania1236 – 1991
- Belarus987 – today
- Moldova1346 – 1994
- Romania82 BCE – 1989
- Bulgaria480 BCE – 1990
- Croatia305 – 1995
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1154 – 1996
- Serbia1166 – 2001
- Montenegro1040 – 2003
- North Macedonia886 – 2019
- Albania400 BCE – 1997
- Kosovo1346 – 2008
- Malta3600 BCE – 1989
- Cyprus7000 BCE – 1983
Americas
- North America14000 BCE – 2021
- US14000 BCE – 2021
- Canada10000 BCE – 1995
- Mexico2000 BCE – 1998
- Central America200 – today
- Guatemala200 – 1996
- Panama1513 – 1999
- Cuba1492 – 2018
- South America3500 BCE – 2016
- Colombia100 BCE – 2016
- Argentina1000 BCE – 2015
- Venezuela1000 BCE – 2013