Life timeline template
Long spans, measured in decades rather than sprints. This starter suits a biography, a family history, or the story of how a company got where it is — anything where the interesting part is how the chapters sit against each other, not what happened in a given week.
Opens a working timeline in this browser. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.
What is in it
Chapters run as long spans across the top, with milestones marked below as single days, so an era and the moment that ended it can be read on the same screen.
- Chapters
- Milestones
2 layers and 5 events, dated around today so the timeline opens on something readable rather than a year you have to scroll to.
What it suits
- A personal or family history covering several decades
- A company story told from founding to now
- A research or teaching timeline where eras overlap
- Any history where you want the long view and the turning points together
Once it is open
Drag an event to move it, or drag either edge to change how long it runs. Zoom out to see the whole span and back in to work on a week. Export the result as a PNG for a deck, an SVG for a design tool, or JSON to keep a copy you can reimport later — and undo anything you regret with ⌘Z.