Timeline Maker: Create a Timeline Online
Create a timeline for a history project, company milestones, a project plan or a roadmap: type the events, pick a horizontal, vertical, arrow, step, card or road layout, and download a print-ready PDF, PNG or SVG.
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How it works
Pick a timeline
History project, company milestones, project plan, how-it-works steps, a life story, a product roadmap, a school year or tech history, each filled in so you can see the result first.
Type your events
A date, what happened and a few words for each, in the Events panel or by clicking an event on the page. Reorder them with the arrows; give one an icon or its own colour.
Choose the look and download
A line across or down the middle, arrows, numbered steps, dated cards or a winding road; seventeen styles, every colour and font changeable, a photo behind it if you like. Then a PDF to print, a PNG for slides, or everything at once.
A timeline maker for school, work and life
This timeline maker turns a list of dates into a clear picture of what happened when. Type each event, pick a layout, and the timeline creator lays it out evenly, with a colour for each event and room for a line of detail.
Use it as a history timeline maker for a school project, a project timeline for a plan, or a roadmap for a product. The horizontal timeline maker layout reads left to right on a landscape page; the vertical timeline suits long histories on a portrait page.
How to create a timeline
Decide the span and pick the five to eight events that matter most. Put them in order with their dates, give each a short title and a line of explanation, and choose a layout that suits them: a line for history, arrows for phases, numbered steps for a process, cards for a life story. That is how to create a timeline people read at a glance; to create a timeline with more events, continue it on a second page.
A timeline template to start from
Eight templates come filled in, from the history of flight to a product roadmap, so a timeline template shows the finished look first; change the words and they keep the layout. It works as a timeline generator for anything with dates.
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Why it matters
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The same events become a horizontal timeline, a vertical one, arrows for phases, numbered steps for a process, cards for a life story, or a road for a roadmap: switch with one click.
Made for school and work
History and science projects at A4 or A3, company milestones and project plans for slides, life stories for birthdays and memorials.
Print-ready
A4, A3, US Letter or Tabloid, landscape or portrait, as a 300 dpi PDF, with PNG, JPG and SVG too.
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Questions
Can I add pictures to my timeline?
Yes. Upload a photo under Uploads and drag it next to an event, or set a picture as the whole background and fade it.
Can I use it for a presentation?
Yes. Download a PNG at 300 dpi for slides, or an SVG that stays sharp at any size.
How do I create a timeline?
List the events in order with their dates, choose a layout (across, down, arrows, steps, cards or a road), and keep each event to a short title and a line of detail. Add a title that says what the timeline is about, then download it as a PDF or a picture.
How many events can a timeline have?
As many as fit: five to eight read best on one page. For more, add a second page and continue there; the PDF holds every page.
Can I make a vertical timeline?
Yes. "Line down the middle" puts the events either side of a vertical line, which suits long histories and portrait pages.
Can I make a project timeline or roadmap?
Yes. The Project plan template uses arrows for phases, and the Product roadmap draws a road with each milestone on a signpost.