The rough timescale of history for you

[Masada]

Srivijaya -> First PKI Coup -> Indonesian National Revolution -> Liberal Democracy Period -> Guided Democracy -> New Order -> End of Interesting.

 

[Dachs]

I'd like to do one of those things like Plotinus, Masada, and PCH did, but I started on one and it got really prohibitively long

whether this is proof of my inability to self-edit or my interest in lots of different things (probably both) remains to be seen

 

[Red Door]

Cavemen and early humans (with whatever they did) -> Mesopotamia and such -> Egypt -> Ancient Greeks and the like -> The Roman Era -> Nothing (Fall of Rome to about 1200 AD) -> Middle Ages -> Rennaisance -> Colonization of Western Hemisphere -> Revolutionary America and France -> Industrial Era -> Imperialism -> World War I -> Great Depression -> World War II -> Cold War -> The 90s -> Post 9/11 World

 

[W|M]

Assyria --> Babylon --> Persia --> Makedonia/Diadochi/Rise of Carthage --> Rise of Rome --> Punic wars --> Transformation from Roman Republic into an Empire --> Pax Romana --> Roman decline --> Fall of Rome/Immediate aftermath --> Dark Ages/Rise of East Rome/Rise of Arabs --> 11th Century --> High Middle Ages --> 14th Century --> Early Portuguese exploration --> Later Portuguese exploration --> 30 Year's War/When Netherlands stole Portuguese possetions --> Hapsburg insane inbreeding by now --> War of Spanish Succession --> Brazilian Gold Rush --> Napoleon --> Brazilian independence --> Wars with Argentina/Uruguay --> 1860s (lots of events here) --> Overthrow of Brazilian Empire --> Oligarchy/World War I --> World War II --> Brazilian democracy/Start of Cold War --> 1960s/stuff in Cuba/Brazilian dictatorship --> Nearing the end of the Vietnam War --> 1970s-80s --> End of Cold War/Yugoslav mess --> 00s/10s

 

[Joecoolyo]

Lets see...

Spoiler srs bzns outline :

-Universe rapidly expands after the big bang
-Lots of crazy large stuff happens, stars explode, galaxy's form
-Sun is born, cleans up dirty space around it and forms planets
-EARTH IS CREATED
-Volcanos take control, terrorize world for a couple billions years
-Volcanos grow tired, dinosaurs appear
-Dinosaurs grow massive in size, terrorize the world for a couple million years
-A meteor appears near Earth and hits it, it's super-effective!
-Mammals crawl out of conveniently placed holes and start their reign of terror
-Ice Ages, mass extinctions, the works
-HUMANS APPEAR, start gathering in groups to plan out their terrorizing of the world
-Take a liking to the Middle East, make it their first base of operations
-Small settlements in China appear
-Egyptians come and go, forming several kingdoms and de-forming others
-Greeks form city states, bicker amongst selves
-Persians form an empire, and then have a long night of binge conquering the Middle East
-The next day, Persia with a hangover attempts to conquer the Greeks, fails
-Greeks celebrate victory a tad too much, end up with just about the entire Middle East in their hands
-Rome appears, takes the Italian boot, and kicks Europe's ass
-Shoe-in (no pun intended) several states and peoples Rome stepped on (also no pun-intended) to get their empire, Carthage, the Gauls, Greeks, Egyptians, North Africans, etc.
-All the while China continues to form mighty empires, and then collapses out of presumed boredom
-Crap emperors, plague, and other junk bring down Rome
-Kingdoms form in the not-really dust, Medieval period begins
-Byzantines attempt to reconquer the empire for nostalgia's sake, fail, goes into a slow decline for a number of years
-Arabs organize, zerg rush the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain
-Europeans continue to fight, Arabs continue to fight, Indians continue to fight, Chinese continue to fight
-Pre-Columbian American civilizations appear, Mesoamericans take a liking to human sacrifice
-Ottomans pop onto the scene in Europe, take Constantinople
-Zheng He and his motley crew have fun romping around Asia
-Columbus sails the ocean and discovers America for the Europeans
-Spain goes on to conquer (or take) a good portion of it
-Colonies are founded, slaves are imported
-Colonies rebel, America appears to kick some English ass
-America wins; jealous, France implodes into revolutionary chaos for a couple of years
-Napoleon seizes France and puts it into a continuous state of war for a good ten or so years
-Napoleon loses, Spanish colonies rebel, Europe parties at the Congress of Vienna
-America expands, takes Mexican secession, and then fights itself
-Europeans carve up Africa and Asia during their imperialist phase
-Japan reforms, takes Korea
-Europeans decide to have a good brawl to get some pent up anger out, World War One begins
-America joins, WWI ends, economic success and then depression follow
-The long awaited sequel WWII begins, Japan joins in on the fun
-The Allies win, the world is saved, Germany would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky Americans
-Cold war begins, free jackets and soup distributed
-Russia collapses due to neglect, nuclear war averted, the world is saved again
-America comes out on top, Iraqi's get frisky, terrorism become popular, Europeans join together in a union, Russia is cleaning out its former shell for new occupation, China is on the rise, Japan builds cars, Africa's a mess, South America is readying itself for a new age, Australia does Australian things, and Google begins its plot to take over the world

And that, is my completely srs bzns rough outline of history

 

[Louis XXIV]

How about:

Big Bang
Earth Formed
KT Extinction
First Humans
Agriculture
Today

I think that about covers everything. I had to start narrowing the gaps in time to fit more events in at the end.

 

[Dachs]

I don't think that any of that's "history" except for the "today" part

 

[jtb1127]

The OP didn't exactly specify what history to make a timeline out of, so I shall do American.

-Brits and other Europeans claim land and kill Indians, setting up colonies all over eastern North America
-13 of the British colonies starting getting upset, throw tea off of ships, get massacred, take up arms
-war continues, British win a lot, but they aren't as dedicated as the Americans
-Benjamin Franklin and other get the French to help and several years later the British pack up and go home
-Americans set up their government, then set it up a second time and George Washington does not run a second time.
-Thomas Jefferson purchases and body of land and doubles the size of the US. Two explorers run through and meet an Indian who carries a baby on her back
-Settlers move west and begin settling the land, while also pushing indians out further west
-British come back, capture Baltimore and burn Washington, man writes national anthem. Then Jackson practically slaughters British soldiers in Louisiana even though the war was already over.
-Settlers keep expanding, territories are annexed
-US declares war on Mexico and gets a bunch of South West territories.
-Debate gets hot over whether slavery should be legal or not in new territories
-Southerners get pissed at the North and leaves the country
-North and South go to war and the North Wins, South is back in the Union
-Abraham Lincoln is shot and reconstruction begins
-The Old West era begins (1860ish-1910 is my definition of this time period)
-Reconstruction is not fun
-US declares war on Spain and takes a bunch of territories
-Boat loads of immigrants from Europe arrive
-US goes to war with Germany and Austria as part of WW1, US helps (yes, American forces in Europe during ww1 did help the allies win the war! Do not deny this!!!)
-Roaring 20s
-Prohibition era and the Mafia becomes powerful
-Great depression
-Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, US enters WW2 and the Depression ends
-US and friends win the war and the US becomes the most powerful country besides the Soviet Union
-I Love Lucy, Duck and Cover, big business
-height of Cold War, Martin Luther King and Civil Rights, Vietnam, moon landing
-More Vietnam, New York City is a giant slum, Nixon is a crook, Carter is a joke
-Ronald Reagan becomes emperor, business gets bigger, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueler, Soviet Union gets weaker
-Soviet Union collapses, I am born, Nirvana, crime is the worst ever, worst genre of music (rap) gets popular
-9/11, war on terror, Iraq, internet, Barack Obama

 

[Kentharu]

I always included Egypt in this sort of thing so I'm glad someone else did to. Kudos.

 

[Traitorfish]

Hairy chaps with tattoos > unhairy chaps in towels > hairy chaps in helmets> unhairy chaps in tights > hairy chaps in puffy trousers > unhairy chaps in wigs > hairy chaps in tophats > unhairy chaps in ugly suits

Hopefully, the next upswing of this pattern will make me into the height of fashion.

(And, for the record, the categories are roughly sincere- at least if I'm not expected to draw up some sort of webby-flowcharty thing- it's just the labels which are a piss-take.)

 

[Lord Baal]

Great Russo-Tatar Empire forms > Great Russo-Tatar Empire spreads across entire Northern Hemisphere, with outposts in the Southern one too > Ivan IV - A.K.A. Jesus Christ - is born > Jesus Christ is overthrown by evil Romanovs > Evil Romanovs lose control of great Russo-Tatar Empire, except for Russia-proper - Evil Romanovs and jealous foreign scholars make up bullcrap stories about ancient civilisations that pre-date Great Russo-Tatar Empire, erase references to Great Russo-Tatar Empire from history > Romanovs are overthrown by well-meaning communists > well-meaning communists are overthrown by well-meaning capitalists > Great Putin takes over > The Future, in which Great Putin will recreate great Russo-Tatar Empire.

I'm pretty sure I fit all of history in there.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Pre and post Presley

 

[Save_Ferris]

Sumer>Egypt + Indus valley>Early China +Babylon>Assyria + Early Greece>Greece + Persia>Hellenistic Greece>Rise of Rome + Qin Dynasty>Glory of Rome + Christianity + Mayans>Fall of Rome + Byzantines + Huns>Vikings + Arabs> Crusades + Mongols>Plague + Silk Road> Renaissance + Aztecs + Incas + Ottomans> Colonization of Americas + Trading + Enlightenment> French + American Revolutions + British Industrial Age> Colonization of Africa + Oceania + Manifest Destiny> Revolution of 1848 + Civil War + Nationalism + Rail> Industrial Age in Germany, US + Electricity> World War I + Fall of Ottoman Empire + Flight + Modern Weaponry> German Debt + Rise of Fascism + Rise of Communism in Russia + Great Depression> World War II + Atomic Weaponry>End of Imperialism + Cold War + Space Race + Computers> Gulf Wars + 9/11 + China

A simple version:
Mesopotamia>Egypt + India>Greece>Rome + Christianity>Middle Ages + Islam>Mongols + Crusades>Renaissance + Ottomans>Colonization>Revolution + Imperialism>Industry>WWI>WWII + Communism + Fascism>Cold War + Space>Today

 

[jtb1127]

Hairy chaps with tattoos > unhairy chaps in towels > hairy chaps in helmets> unhairy chaps in tights > hairy chaps in puffy trousers > unhairy chaps in wigs > hairy chaps in tophats > unhairy chaps in ugly suits

Hopefully, the next upswing of this pattern will make me into the height of fashion.

(And, for the record, the categories are roughly sincere- at least if I'm not expected to draw up some sort of webby-flowcharty thing- it's just the labels which are a piss-take.)

I like it from the Harry chap perspective.

 

[Luckymoose]

Not America > America saves world > Pax Americana