History & People
Every Archbishop of Canterbury since Augustine in 597, through the Reformation to Sarah Mullally, the first woman. From Wikidata.
Every Prime Minister of Australia since Federation in 1901. From Wikidata.
Every Prime Minister of Canada since Confederation in 1867. From Wikidata.
The best known composers — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
Every amendment to the US Constitution, from Congress's proposal to its ratification — the Bill of Rights side by side, the 27th across 202 years — and the six never ratified.
The emperors of Japan, the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, from Jimmu to Naruhito. The first reigns, from 660 BC, are legend: their dates are tradition's, not history's. From Wikidata.
The monarchs of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom — each reign, from Wikidata.
Who was alive at the same time: history's best known leaders, religious figures, explorers, thinkers, scientists, writers, composers and painters, each from birth to death in their field's color — never more than 12 at once.
Every Chair of the Federal Reserve since the Fed began in 1914. From Wikidata.
The kings of France from Philip II, then of France and Navarre, Napoleon's and Napoleon III's empires and Louis-Philippe — each reign. From Wikidata.
Every President of France, from the Second Republic in 1848 to the Fifth. From Wikidata.
The chancellors of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the Federal Republic. From Wikidata, which has them from 1894.
The Supreme Court's landmark decisions — Marbury, Dred Scott, Brown, Roe, Obergefell, Dobbs — each on the day it was decided, with who wrote it, who dissented and what overruled it.
The events Wikipedia's editors chose for each day of the year — about 6,500 turning points, each at the day it happened.
Every Nobel Prize since 1901 — physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and, since 1969, economics — on the day it was announced, with the laureates and why.
Every day of the year, Wikipedia's "On this day" — its events and its births and deaths — repeating each year, each linking to its place in history.
The best known painters — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
The complete succession of Catholic popes from Saint Peter (~30 AD) to the present — over 2,000 years of unbroken apostolic history.
The best known philosophers — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
The emperors of Rome from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus, the last in the West (476) — co-emperors side by side. From Wikidata.
The rulers of Russia from Ivan the Terrible's crowning as Tsar in 1547 to Nicholas II's abdication in 1917. From Wikidata.
The best known scientists — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
The stock market's bull and bear markets since 1928: each rise or fall of 20% or more in the S&P 500, from its closing high or low until the next.