the long ledger

Timeline

Every bar is a life, drawn to scale. Drag to travel through the centuries, scroll to zoom, sweep the cursor to see who was alive in any year, and click a bar to open the record.

era:

2000 BCE2026

180018201840186018801900

John Adams Thomas Jefferson Toussaint Louverture James Madison Miguel Hidalgo Alexander Hamilton Marquis de Lafayette Horatio Nelson Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein Napoleon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington William I of the Netherlands Jose de San Martin King Sobhuza I Simon Bolivar Abdul Momin of Brunei William II of the Netherlands Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein Joseph Smith Benito Juarez Abraham Lincoln William III of the Netherlands Bahaullah Christian IX of Denmark Charles III, Prince of Monaco Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin of Brunei Mswati II Emperor Kōmei Leopold II of Belgium Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein Edward VII Abdulhamid II Frederik VIII of Denmark Albert I, Prince of Monaco Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein Mbandzeni William Wallace Ugyen Wangchuck Swami Vivekananda George V Abdulmecid II Christian X of Denmark Louis II, Prince of Monaco Hamad I of Bahrain Konstantin Päts Albert I of Belgium Ngwane V Pancho Villa Emperor Taishō Emiliano Zapata Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Abdullah I of Jordan Ricard Fornesa i Puigdemasa Ramon Iglesias i Navarri Muhammad Jamalul Alam II Salman II of Bahrain Ásgeir Ásgeirsson King George VI Carlos Manuel Piedra Gonzalo Güell Josef Hoop Norodom Suramarit Sandro Pertini Franz Jonas Anselmo Alliegro y Milá Sobhuza II Frederik IX of Denmark Urho Kekkonen Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Queen Salote Tupou III

1800 to 1900 · 70 lives drawn · drag to travel, scroll to zoom, F for full screendrag to travel, pinch to zoom, tap a bar for detailsBusiest decade here: 1890s (56 lives) · Longest life: Abdul Momin of Brunei (97 years)