Free Printable Blank Timeline

A blank vertical timeline with a date line and a lined box for every event. Choose four, six, or eight events.

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About the timeline

A timeline puts events in the order they happened, with the date beside each one. This template runs down the page, which gives every event a full-width box to write in.

Use it for a biography, a history unit, the events of a novel, or a child's own life story. Choose 4, 6, or 8 events. For ready-made dated timelines, see our history timelines.

Frequently Asked Questions

A timeline ties each event to a date or time, so the spacing is about when things happened. A sequence chart only shows order, which suits steps in a process or events in a story.
Four works for a short biography in the early grades. Six to eight suits a history unit or a chapter book. For longer projects, print two pages and tape them together.