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Timelines and Chronologies: World History

Here are resources that provide starting places for finding information about events in the order of their occurrence.

Books

Check books in these subject groups for information about African American History & Studies:

930    Ancient History

960    African History

970    North American History

Government Documents

SI      Smithsonian Institute

World History

Brownstone, David M., and Irene Franck. Timelines of War. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
     R 902.02 B825t

Chronicle of the Olympics, 1896-1996. New York: DK Pub., 1996.
     R 796.48 C468

Daniel, Clifton., ed. 20th Century: Day by Day. New York: DK Pub., 2000.
     R 909.82 T9182 2000 (this resources was formerly titled Chronicle of the 20th Century)

Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. Chronology of World History: A Calendar of Principal Events from
3000 BC to AD 1976
. London: Collings, 1978.
     R 902.02 F877c2

Gall, Timothy L. and Susan B. Chronology of the Nations. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.
     R 910.9 G1622

Great Events From History II. Arts and Culture Series. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Salem Press, 1993.
     R 700.904 G798

Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
     R 301.412 G853t

Grun, Bernard. Timetables of History. 3rd ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
     R 902.02 G923t3

Karney, Robyn, ed. Cinema: Year by Year, 1894-2003. London: DK Pub., 2003.
     R 791.4309 C4908

Mellersh, H.E. Chronology of World History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
     R 902.02 M487c

National Geographic Eyewitness to the 20th Century. Washington D.C.: The Society, 1998.
     R 909.82 N213 1998

Olsen, Kirstin. Chronology of Women’s History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
     R 301.412 OL85c

Parkinson, Claire L. Breakthroughs: Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics, 1200-1930. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
     R 509 P229b

Rosner, Lisa M. Chronology of Science: From Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
     R 509 C5579

Salisbury, Joyce E. Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: A Tour through History from Ancient Times to the Present. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004.
     R 390 G856

Trager, James., ed. The People’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.
     R 902.02 T677p

Volo, Dorothy Denneen. Daily Life in the Age of Sail. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
     R 910.45 V887d

Zimmerman, Robert. Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space. Phoenix: Oryx
Press, 2000.
     R 500.509 Z655c

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