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Almanacs
- dMarie Time Capsule
- Look up a date in the past - e.g. your birthday - and get the headlines, the popular songs, etc.
- Maggio, Michael J. - Daily Almanacs
- The best of the online almanacs, the only one I've found that lets you get an "on this day" reading for any day of the year. (Others limit you to today, some adding tomorrow.)
Babylon
- Hammurabi
- An brief introduction to the life & times of the ancient lawgiver
The Black (Bubonic) Plague
- The Black Death
- Dr. Ellis L. Knox at Boise State University summarizes the pandemic.
- The Black Plague
- A history of the Black Plague (Bubonic Plague, 14th Century), from the City College of New York
- The Plague: England & Loughborough 1539-1640
- A general study of the Plague in England 1539-1640, by Ian Jessiman
- Plague & Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Canada
- Early Canadiana Online
- A searchable bilingual (French & English, of course) site focusing on Canadian history from European colonization to the late 19th Century, courtesy of major Canadian libraries.
China
- CLASSICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY FOR CHINESE HISTORY
- Compiled by Benjamin A. Elman, Professor of Chinese History, UCLA
- UCSD Modern Chinese History Site
- University of California at San Diego's site has a list of major Western works on Qing, Republican, and PRC history.
Egypt
- Mummies of Ancient Egypt
- This U of Michigan site provides a good online orientation to the practical and theoretical (i.e. religious) aspects of mummies in ancient Egypt.
- Egypt - Ancient History Timeline at Theban Mapping Project
General
- 1980s Timeline
- ABC News: The Century
- The US TV network's take on the 20th Century
- Alexander the Great
- The PBS series site
- Alexander the Great On the Web
- Lots of Alexander links, academic as well as popular, compiled by grad student Tim Spalding at the U of Michigan
- Atomic Bomb Chronology
- Battle of Hastings 1066
- Exquisite detail on a battle that changed world history
- BBC Modern World History
- Interactive history - bring your Shockwave plug-in!
- BBC My Century
- Participatory 20th Century history: read it, write it.
- Berlin Wall: A Concrete Curtain
- A history of the wall
- Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster
- Wonderfully detailed account of the subject, with timeline of events before and after the disaster that occurred at 01:23:44 on APR 26, 1986
- Christian Science Monitor: A Thousand Years
- Multimedia tidbits from the 1st Millennium CE
- Chronlogical Table of Nuclear Weapon
- VERY detailed timeline
- Cold War: the CNN history
- Way more than a tease for their TV broadcast history special, this is a useful historical site. Features include a chronology and glossary; video, audio, and text excerpts from nearly 100 interviews filmed for the series; text from archival documents and contemporaneous Time and Russian newspaper stories and much more.
- Columbus, Christopher - Navigation Homepage
- Pretty much everything you want to know about the guy
Constantinople, Fall of
- Fall of Constantinople
- Basic facts, plus some good links
- Fall of Constantinople
- Hyperhistory has the bare basic facts on this turning point in Western history.
- Fall of Constantinople 1453
- Dawson College Prof. Diionysios Hatzopoulos delivers the most masterful and detailed account I've been able to find online - includes the approximate time, even!
- Fall of Constantinople 1453
- North Park University Prof. David Koeller's quick take
- Fall of Constantinople 1453
- Dr. David Turner's thought-provoking 'big picture'
- Fall of Constantinople in 1453
- Orlin Damyanov's paper on the subject
- Concrete Curtain: Life & Death of the Berlin Wall
- A history of the Berlin Wall, including maps & a timeline
- DPLS -- Archival Data Online Repository
- Historical statistical data archive maintained by University of Wisconsin Data and Program Library Service
- Dreamland
- Medieval history, focusing on Europe, the Crusades & Chivalric Orders
- Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions
- Scholarly articles detailing the popular revolutions that spread across Europe in 1848, compiled by Ohio University Professor Emeritus of History James Chastain
- Galileo - Galileo Project
- Online reference on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time.
- Harappa
- Harappa was a city in the Indus Valley civilization that flourished around 2,500 BCE. This site features a tour of the Indus Valley, 3-D computer recreations of the city's gateway and surrounding topography, and much more.
- Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
- History Channel: This Day in History
- A thumbnail sketch of selected historical events for today's date
- History House
- Books, stories, historical trivia
- History Timelines ... The History Beat
- If there's a one-stop historical reference site, this is it. RECOMMENDED
- HyperHistory
- DO NOT miss this one, whatever it is you're searching for in the way of history! (Covers 3,000 years of world history)
- HyperHistory - World History Chart
- They wanna sell you a great timeline.
- Italian Life Under Fascism
- This University of Wisconsin site is a goldmine on the period.
- Journal for Multimedia History
- An online multimedia history exposition sponsored by the Department of History of the University at Albany (SUNY) - highly recommended for its combination of scholarly accuracy and Web-wise savvy.
- Millennium: A CNN Perspectives Series
- Check here for details on the Eleventh Century CE.
- NapoleonicWars
- If you're looking for information on the Napoleonic Wars, this is a resource not to be missed!
- Newsfilm Library at U of SC
- An archive of Fox Movietone newsreels
- Panama Canal @ Discovery Online
- A multimedia presentation on the construction of the canal
- Period & Styles
- Although intended for theatrical use, this is a good reference on cultural history - chronology, architecture, furnishings, costume etc.
- Perseus Project
- Tufts University's wonderful, searchable scholarly historical reference (text & images), heavy on Western civilization from ancient Greece to the Renaissance - with mirror sites in Berlin and Oxford
- RED FILES
- PBS does the KGB.
- Renaissance
- The Annenberg/CPB Exhibition, a multimedia survey of the Renaissance
- Romantic Chronology (Home Page)
- Interested in the Romantic Period? Here's where it starts on the Web.
- Search Argos
- Ancient and medieval history search engine and links...
- Time-Table
- A literacy timeline, from Sumerian clay tables to 1997
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive
- An archive of television network news from 1968 to present, compiled and maintained by Vanderbilt University.
- Vasa - The Swedish 17th century royal warship
- Choose English or Swedish and take a tour of the ship, 17th Century Sweden and more.
- Viking Voyage 1000
- This website details the voyage of the Snorri, a re-enactment of Leif Ericson's voyage to North America around 1000 CE.
- War Central
- 20th Century military history
- World according to Jerome
- Fascinating biographical sketches of historical characters, from the obvious to the obscure . . .
- WebChron
- "The WebChronology Project, a program of the History Department at North Park University, is a series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the instructors and historical articles prepared by students intended for use in history classes." Organized by region and culture . . .
- World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
India
- Indian History
- Ancient to modern
Israel
- History of Israel
- An online history of Israel, by AICE (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise) JSOURCE (Jewish Student Online Research Center)
- Israel Record: Celebrating Israel's 50th Anniversary
- An online history of modern Israel, from the ADL
- 1973 Yom Kippur War
- By AICE (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise) JSOURCE (Jewish Student Online Research Center)
- The Yom Kippur War
- Includes time of first attack on Mt. Hermon in Golan Heights (1:45 PM)
Korea
- Korean History Project
- A splendid history of the Korean people, from Neolithic to modern times
Russia
- Face of Russia
- Online version of the PBS series, features timeline of Russian history & culture, reference section & more
- Russian History
US
Aboriginal Americans
- Lakota Wowapi Oti Kin: Lakota Information Home Page
- THIS WEEK IN "AMERICAN INDIAN" HISTORY by PHIL KONSTANTIN
- Tlingit National Anthem
- The traditional history of the Tlingit people, an oral 'creation story' telling of their migration
- Tribal Names: Meanings & Alternative Names
African Americans
- AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC
- Educational, a good historical reference & a slick design
- American Civil Rights Movement, Timeline of
- My only beef with this otherwise valuable resource is that it STARTS with Brown vs the Board of Education in 1954 . . .
Civil War - War Between the States
- Battle of Antietam Official Records
- Detailed account of the bloodiest day in US history: 23,110 soldiers died in the battle that began at dawn on SEP 17, 1862.
- Civil War - www.civilwar.com
- History, timeline, people, places and more - lots of links, too.
- Davis, Jefferson - The Papers of Jefferson Davis
- Ft. Sumter Detailed Description
- Here's where it all started, at 4:30 AM on APR 12, 1861: detailed, documented.
European Settlement
- Mayflower Web Page
- A source of information on the history and genealogy associated with the good ship Mayflower. This website is maintained by Caleb Johnson.
General
- American Presidents
- An excellent online resource provided by C-SPAN, highly recommended
- Famous American Trials
- Wonderfully detailed historical and legal scholarship make this UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) site a must-see!
- Franklin, Benjamin: A Documentary History -- J.A. Leo Lemay
- Hinckley, John: The Assassination Attempt
- Detailed account (with time) of his attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan: approx. 2:25 PM MAR 30, 1981 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington DC
- Hinckley, John: The John Hinckley Trial
- The legal perspective, good reporting and background
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Includes "The Quotable Jefferson" and online Jefferson resources at the U of VA
- The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- This Harper's Magazine site documents the event from contemporary accounts published in the magazine
- Lewis & Clark Expedition: Discovering Lewis and Clark
- A most excellent site on the history & consequences of the Lewis & Clark expedition
- Making of America
- A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
- Model Editions Partnership
- Digital editions of US historical documents, including documentary histories of the 1st Federal Congress and the ratification of the Constitution & Bill of Rights
- National First Ladies' Library
- A virtual library
- Project WhistleStop
- A history of the Harry Truman administration
- Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
- The Library of Congress digitized motion picture collection on the Spanish-American war
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The history of the battle flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's poem
- U.S. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY RESOURCES INDEX
- U.S. Navy History
- USS Liberty
- A website devoted to the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty (JUN 8, 1967).
- Women & Social Movements in the US 1830-1930
- State University of NY at Binghamton project
Religious
- National Museum of American Jewish History
- Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress Exhibition)
States
AZ
- Billy Clanton Family History
- Includes time (2:30 PM) of the Gunfight at the OK Corral
- Gunfight at the OK Corral
- Includes photographic re-creation of the OCT 26, 1881 incident, courtesy of the Boothill Gunslingers (a Tombstone performance group)
- OK Corral Gunfight
- Pretty much just the bare facts (no time, except "Wednesday afternoon")
- Tombstone Limited Edition Lithograph
- A lithograph of the 2PM gathering at Haffords Saloon just prior to the Gunfight at the OK Corral
CA
- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
- USGS site with lots of data (including time) on the great quake
- Museum of the City of San Francisco
IL
- Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
- Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University's Chicago history site
- Famous Chicago Mob Hits
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- Kevin Hammonds' account of the FEB 14, 1929 North Chicago gangland slaying
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- Includes approximate time (10:30 AM) of the massacre
MA
- Witchcraft in Salem Village
- A collaborative effort by Danvers Archival Center & University of Virginia detailing the history of the infamous witchcraft hysteria in Salem (now Danvers) MA in the late 17th Century
OK
- History in Tulsa, OK
- The Tulsa Race Riot, 1921
- Stephen King's scariest stuff pales in comparison to this real life horror.
OR
- Oregon Historical Society
- Collecting, preserving and publishing Oregon's history for over 125 years
TX
- Texas City Disaster
- Detailed account of the worst industrial accident in US history, compiled from local historical markers & documents
VA
- Jamestown Rediscovery
- This APVA (Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) site summarizes the history of Jamestown and details the archaelogical work being done there.
WW I
- The Great War: 80 Years On
- A collection of personal accounts and historical analysis from BBC News Online
WW II
- A-Bomb WWW Museum
- Details (including time) on the Hiroshima attack; no time on Nagasaki
- Invasion of Poland
- The Wiesenthal Center provides basic background on and details of Fall Weiss, Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland ("after midnight on September 1st).
- Hossbach Conference: NOV 5, 1937
- Detailed description and actual minutes of the secret conference - 4:15 to 8:30 PM - in the Reich Chancellery at which Hitler spelled out his plans for the conquest of Europe.
- Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor: DEC 7, 1941
- Detailed description, complete with timed data: 7:53 AM (first attack begins).
- NORMANDY: 1944
- Encyclopedia Brittanica presents a multimedia history of the Normandy Invasion.
- Okinawa: The American Years, 1945-1972
- The bloody battle & subsequent US occupation are chronicled here.
- World War II Index
- Lots of links, most good, some not working
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