Historical timelines with citations.
Add your first event, or start with an example.
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One event per line. Use # A title for a title or new lane, and @category to group events.
# A title
@category
Choose a CSV, TSV, or semicolon-separated file with a header row. Download an import template.
PNG is 2× the canvas dimensions. PDF uses 96 canvas pixels per inch and grows with the canvas. Dense figures can be taller than a slide or standard paper; the complete SVG is always the scalable option.
Visual exports use the events currently shown. CSV and project files include all events and private notes. Private notes stay out of visual exports. Project files preserve embedded images; CSV contains image descriptions and credits, but not image files.
Each example opens as a new timeline. Your current work is kept.
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Create historical timelines with dated events and citations. Free to use without an account. Read about Passages.
Use years, named months, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD, with BCE/CE when needed. Passages uses a proleptic Gregorian display calendar with no public year zero; it does not convert historical calendars. Partial dates represent the whole entered period. Ranges are possible-date intervals unless you choose Duration. Unknown and ambiguous dates stay in the unplaced section. Original wording and qualifiers are preserved. See the date guide.
Sources appear beneath exported timelines. Private notes are included only in editable project files and CSV exports.
Choose Poster for alternating entries around a central line. Add an event description and an optional image in the event editor. Reading order spacing makes room for text; Scaled by date shows elapsed time. Images are resized to at most 1200 pixels per side and stored in your project. Add an image description and credit before exporting.
Slide layout and the Slide size preset center the figure vertically. Change Vertical alignment in Appearance to move it back to the top. Dense timelines still grow to preserve all events.
If you saved work at the original preview, open it in the same browser, choose My timelines, and download each project with Save project. Return here and choose Open project. Both addresses keep their own browser library. This release opens old projects; the old preview cannot open this release’s newer project format.
Events, notes, and imported files are processed in your browser. Passages does not upload them or run analytics. Browser saving is a convenience; keep downloaded project copies. Work saved on one address or device is not automatically available on another.
RECTO/verso connects archive photographs, transcriptions, annotations, and cited figures. Marches makes maps from your research. Passages creates timelines with citations.
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