World History Timelines
Free printable world history timelines for kids — World War I, World War II, the French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and more. Each prints on Letter paper with a blank fill-in version and quiz.
World War II Timeline
World War II was the largest war in history, fought across Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. The United States entered the war in December 1941 after Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
World War I Timeline
World War I was a global war fought mainly in Europe from 1914 to 1918. The United States stayed neutral for three years before entering on the Allied side in 1917.
Industrial Revolution Timeline
The Industrial Revolution transformed the world from a farming society to a factory society, beginning in Britain and spreading across Europe and America.
French Revolution Timeline
The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy and transformed France, spreading ideas of liberty and equality that changed politics across Europe and the world.
Middle Ages Timeline
The Middle Ages lasted roughly a thousand years after the fall of Rome, shaped by feudalism, the Catholic Church, crusades, and plagues — ending on the eve of the Renaissance.
Age of Exploration Timeline
The Age of Exploration was the period when European sailors mapped the world, opening sea routes to Asia, reaching the Americas, and beginning a new era of global trade — and colonization.
Renaissance Timeline
The Renaissance was a rebirth of art, learning, and science in Europe, beginning in Italy and spreading across the continent — bridging the Middle Ages and the modern world.
Aztec Empire Timeline
The Aztec Empire was one of the most powerful civilizations in the pre-Columbian Americas, ruling central Mexico from their island capital Tenochtitlan until the Spanish conquest in 1521.
Maya Civilization Timeline
The Maya civilization was one of the most sophisticated in the ancient Americas, known for pyramid cities, a complex writing system, advanced mathematics, and an extraordinarily accurate calendar.
Inca Empire Timeline
The Inca Empire was the largest empire in the pre-Columbian Americas, stretching along the western coast of South America from Colombia to Chile, governed from the mountain capital of Cusco.
Russian Revolution Timeline
The Russian Revolution ended three centuries of Romanov rule, brought the Bolsheviks to power, and created the world's first communist state — the Soviet Union.
Holocaust Timeline
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored murder of approximately six million Jewish people by Nazi Germany — the largest genocide of the 20th century, carried out across occupied Europe during World War II.
The Crusades Timeline
The Crusades were a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim rule — nearly two centuries of warfare that shaped the medieval world and left a lasting mark on relations between Christianity and Islam.
Black Death Timeline
The Black Death was the deadliest pandemic in human history — a wave of bubonic plague that swept across Europe from 1347 to 1353, killing an estimated 30 to 60 percent of Europe's entire population and transforming medieval society.
Ottoman Empire Timeline
The Ottoman Empire was one of history's greatest empires — a Turkish state that grew from a small principality in Anatolia into a civilization spanning three continents, lasting more than 600 years before collapsing after World War I.
Mongol Empire Timeline
The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history — built by Genghis Khan and his descendants in just a few decades, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe and ruling over a third of the world's population at its peak.
Viking Age Timeline
The Viking Age was a period of Norse exploration, trade, and raiding that transformed medieval Europe — sending Scandinavian warriors and settlers as far as North America in the west and Central Asia in the east.