Timelines - Definition and Overview

Alternative meanings:

• Timeline is a 1999 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton
• Timeline is a 2003 film based on the novel.

Timelines are sequences of related events in chronological order. They are important in understanding history. This page is a list of the timelines contained in Wikipedia. Other lists can be found at List of reference tables. You may also want to refer to the general historical timeline which has entries for each millennium, century, decade and year.

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Science

General: List of years in science, Timeline of scientific discoveries, Timeline of scientific experiments, Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand

• Astronautics | Planetology
  • Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
  • Timeline of rocket and missile technology
  • Timeline of planetary exploration

• Astronomy | Astrophysics | Cosmology
  • Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys
  • Timeline of the Big Bang
  • Timeline of black hole physics
  • Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy
  • Timeline of cosmology
  • Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure
  • Timeline of natural satellites
  • Timeline of solar astronomy
  • Timeline of solar system astronomy
  • Timeline of stellar astronomy
  • Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology
  • Timeline of knowledge about the interstellar and intergalactic medium
  • Timeline of the Universe
  • Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae

• Biology
  • Timeline of evolution
  • Timeline of biology and organic chemistry
  • Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand

• Chemistry
  • Timeline of chemical element discovery
  • Timeline of chemical element isolation

• Geology | Geography | Paleontology
  • Geologic timescale
  • Timeline of geography, paleontology
  • Timeline of geology
  • Timeline of glaciation

• Mathematics | Statistics | Computer science
  • Timeline of mathematics
  • Timeline of algorithms
  • Timeline of Linux development
  • Timeline of computing
  • Timeline of hacker history
  • Timeline of hypertext technology
  • Timeline of quantum computing
  • Timeline of programming languages

• Medicine | Physiology
  • Timeline of medicine and medical technology
  • Timeline of antibiotics
  • Timeline of vaccines

• Meteorology | atmospheric sciences | climatology | atmospheric physics
  • Timeline of meteorology

• Physics
  • Timeline of classical mechanics
  • Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics
  • Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity
  • Timeline of other background radiation fields
  • Timeline of nuclear fusion
  • Timeline of particle physics technology
  • Timeline of quantum mechanics, molecular physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics
  • Timeline of states of matter and phase transitions
  • Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes

Technology

See also Timeline of technological discoveries

• Timeline of agriculture and food technology
• Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
• Timeline of communication technology
  • Timeline of postal history
  • Timeline of the telephone
• Timeline of invention
• Timeline of lighting technology
• Timeline of low-temperature technology
• Timeline of materials technology
• Timeline of microscope technology
• Timeline of motor and engine technology
• Timeline of photography technology
• Timeline of rocket and missile technology
• Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology
• Timeline of time measurement technology
• Timeline of transportation technology
  • Timeline of aviation history
  • Timeline of railway history
  • Timeline of United States railway history
• Timeline of underwater technology

Religion

• Timeline of Buddhism
• Detailed Christian timeline
• Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy

History

• Barbarian kings of Italy
• Bessarabia
• Lord Byron (chronology)
• Centuries, decades and years
• Conventional Egyptian chronology
• Food and Drug Administration History and Related Legislation
• Gay rights timeline
• Heads of state timeline
• History of Bratislava
• History of Christian Missions
• History of Cyprus
• History of England
• History of India
• History of Stockholm timeline
• Kings of Rome (prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic)
• List of battles
• List of historic fires
• List of riots
• List of Roman Consuls
  • List of Republican Roman Consuls
  • List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls
  • List of Late Imperial Roman Consuls
• List of ticker-tape parades in New York City
• List of treaties
• List of United States federal legislation
• List of United States Supreme Court cases
• Military history (list of wars)
• Palace of Versailles
• Princes, Kings and Queens of Armenia
• Royal Navy
• Russian Revolution
• Seljuk Rulers
• SOE F Section timeline
• Timeline of Afghan history
• Timeline of Albanian history
• Timeline of Ancient Greece
• Timeline of Ancient Rome
• Timeline of Belgrade
• Timeline of British history
• Timeline of Buddhism
• Timeline of Canadian history
• Timeline of Chinese history
• Timeline of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
• Timeline of Jewish history
• Timeline of Kurdish history
• Timeline of modern Mongolian history
• Timeline of Polish history
• Timeline of New Zealand history
  • Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of rulers of Poland
• Timeline of Slovene history
• Timeline of Taiwanese history
• Timeline of the French Revolution
• Timeline of the Second World War
• Timeline of the Texas Revolution
• Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions
• Timeline of United States diplomatic history
• Timeline of United States history
• Timeline of Zionism
• USS Constitution
• Weimar Timeline
• World War I

Cities

• History of Bratislava
• Timeline of Melbourne history
• Rome timeline
• History of Chicago
• Timeline of Richmond, Virginia

Management

• Timeline of project management

Recent events

• Progress of the SARS outbreak
• Timeline of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
• 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan/Timeline January 2002
• 2001 anthrax attack/Florida timeline
• 2001 anthrax attack/New York timeline
• Timeline of the Enron scandal

Current events

• 2003 - 2004 occupation of Iraq timeline

Cultural

• Architecture timeline
• List of world's fairs
• List of musical events
• Timeline of alternative rock
• Timeline of Internet memes
• Timeline of the BBC
• Timeline of trends in music to 1899
• Timeline of trends in music (1900–1949)
• Timeline of trends in music (1950–1969)
• Timeline of trends in music (1970–1979)
• Timeline of trends in music (1980–1989)
• Timeline of trends in music (1990–1999)
• Timeline of trends in music (2000–present)
• Timeline of video games
  • Chronology of console role-playing games
• List of years in literature
• List of years in art

Sports

• Sports timeline
• Timeline of Cricket
• Timeline of Golf History

Fictional

• Timeline of Another World - American soap opera
• Timeline of Arda - Tolkien works
• Timeline of fictional historical events
• Timeline of fictional future events
• Timeline of Futurama
• Timeline of Star Trek
• Dates in Star Wars (features timeline)
• Dates in Harry Potter (features timeline)

Other

• List of time periods
• Logarithmic timeline

Related topics

• Dating Creation
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Timelines

External links

• List of timelines from across the web of things that never were (http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html)
• Interactive/editable movie timeline 1900-Present Day (http://www.moviestimeline.com/)
• Fictional encyclopedia wiki with a section for fictional history (http://moa.dracandros.com/)
• Timelines of History: a collection of timelines by time, country, today in history along with assorted subjects (http://timelines.ws/)
• Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asian-studies-timeline.html)
• Global networking: a timeline (http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/milestones.html)
• Timeline of the open access movement (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm)
• Make your own timeline (http://mycgiserver.com/~burnsanthony/manifesto/easytimeline.html)
• List of timelines sorted in categories (http://www.timelineindex.com)