Wikipedia:Vital articles/Figures timeline

This is a list of level 3 vitality figures. People with a career spanning across more than one time period are colored in between their two respective eras. The timelines only contain people from vitality level 3 (which excludes figures like Abraham and Moses as they fall under the 'Philosophy and religion' categories).

Overview

Ancient

See also Ancient history, Ancient music, and Outline of ancient history.

Post-classical

See also post-classical history, Middle ages, Byzantine Empire, Muslim conquest of Persia, Mongol Empire, Yan Dynasty, Asuka period, Nara period, Heian period, and Kamakura period.

Early modern / 1400-1600

See also early modern period, Renaissance era, Ming Dynasty, Age of Exploration, Muromachi period, and Azuchi–Momoyama period

Middle modern / 1600-1750

See also Baroque era, British Interregnum, Stuart restoration, and Afsharid Iran.

Late modern / 1750-1800

See also Age of revolution, Neoclassicism, Georgian era, Convicts in Australia, Zand dynasty, and Age of Enlightenment.

See Classicism, Classical period (music), List of Classical era composers, Age of Enlightenment, and Neoclassical architecture.

Long nineteenth century

See also Long nineteenth century history, Romantic era, Post-romantic, Federation of Australia, Meiji period and the 19th century.

Early 20th century / 1900-1945

See also Modernism, Impressionism, Pahlavi Iran, and Republic of China (1912–1949).

Contemporary and 21st century

See also Contemporary history, 21st century history, Postmodernism, Contemporary art, Contemporary music, Islamic Republic of Iran, History of India (1947–present), Shōwa era, Heisei period, Reiwa period, and History of the United States (2016–present).

Guidelines

This section contains 51 articles.

For every era, we come up with one global, and one regional (for continent) eras. If a person matches a local era, then they'll go there, even if it's outside the bounds of the global era. However, if we can't find their regional era, then they'll go within the bounds of the global era. The global and local eras will have the same colors. Here are the eras:

Within these eras, in the individual timelines (unlike the overview, which could be broader) we can also break each era down into periods and color them slightly differently, blending in both the current era and the era that its closest to. The eras / periods may slightly differ depending on things like location and profession. Here are the color codes for the overview, which should be more specific within individual timelines, and a person spanning across two eras will be colored in between these two eras. These are the colors which are (for the most part) currently in the timeline sandbox.

Prehistory: black

Ancient: brown

Post - classical history: gold

Early modern: blue

Middle modern: green

Late modern: yellow

Long nineteenth: dark pink

Early 19th century: orange

Contemporary: bright pink

Some example of transitional color eras:

Code for Postclassical: PCH

Code for Renaissance: Ren

Transren: colored exactly in between ren and PC

mostlyren: colored between Ren and transren

lateren: colored between Ren and mostlyren

(the same will work for the rest of the eras for the most part)

Global era: Prehistory (3 million BC - 3,000 BC) - Black - Nobody currently on there, but this could be in case someone gets added onto there one day - between humans' formation and writing being invented. This can extend much later, for example, Australia extends to its Prehistoric period until 1788, which is when it was first colonized and developed writing systems (unless you include the age of discovery, which started in 1400, or include oral tradition) .

- Prehistoric Libya: before 600 BC

Global era: Ancient - Brown - (3000 BC - 500 AD)

Time periods:

Neolithic / pre-early ancient - 10,000 BC - 2,000 BC (can also be a part of prehistory) - color: mostly prehistoric, less ancient

Bronze age / early ancient - 3,300 BC - 1,200 BC (can also be a part of prehistory) - color: prehistoric-ancient

- For Bronze Age Europe this is 3,000 BC - 1,050 BC - color:

- Iran: Kura–Araxes culture - 3,400 BC - 2,000 BC

- India: 3,300 BC - 1,800 BC

Iron age / middle ancient - 1,200 BC - 550 BC (can also be a part of prehistory) - mostly ancient, less prehistoric

- For Iron Age Europe this is 1,050 - 776 BC (for consistency)

- Iran (for them this is still a part of pre-history): 2,000 BC - 1,000 BC

- India: 1,800 BC - 200 BC

Late ancient (or sometimes late iron ages) - 550 BC - 476 AD (every established era during this time, such as late antiquity is not global) - color: ancient

- For Ancient Egypt this is 664 BC - 900 AD

- For Europe this is 776 BC - 476 AD

- Iran: 1,000 BC - 651 AD

- Classical India: 200 BC - 500 AD

Regional eras:

- Classical antiquity for Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome (8th Century BC - 5th Century BC) - color: ancient

Late antiquity - 3rd century AD - 8th century AD (can include areas other than Greece and Rome, such as Europe) color: ancient-postclassical

- Early Libya:

Carthaginian Libya - 600 BC - 200 BC - color: mostly ancient, less pre-historic

Roman Libya: 200 BC - 487 AD color: ancient

- Mesoamerica:

Archaic period - 8000 BC - 2600 BC (can include prehistory) - color: mostly prehistoric, less ancient

Mesoamerican Preclassic period - 2000 BC - 250 AD - color:ancient

Mesoamerican Classic period - 250 AD - 900 AD - color:ancient-postclassical

- Ancient China

Xia Dynasty era - 2070 BC - 1600 BC color: prehistoric-ancient

Shang Dynasty era - 1600 BC - 1046 BC color: mostly ancient, less prehistoric

Middle ancient - 1046 BC - 220 AD color: ancient

Three kingdoms era - 220 AD - 580 AD color: ancient-postclassical

Archaic Japan:

Jōmon period - 13,000 BC - 300 BC color: prehistoric-ancient

Yayoi period - 450 BC - 250 AD color: ancient

Kofun period - 250 AD - 538 AD color: ancient-postclassical

Archaic Mesopotamia:

Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia) - 2900 BC - 2270 BC color: prehistoric-ancient

Middle Archaic Period - 2270 BC - 1178 BC color: mostly ancient, less prehistoric

Late Archaic Period - 1177 BC - 549 BC color: ancient

Imperial Period - 549 BC - 651 AD color: ancient-postclassical

Global era: post-classical history - Gold - (500 AD - 1500 AD) - abbreviated PCH

Time periods:

Early Postclassical - 476 - 800 - color: Early PCH (abbreviated EPCH)

- This is still ancient for Egypt

- For countries affected by the Byzantine Empire this starts at 330 AD

- Iran: Muslim conquest of Persia era - 651 - 820 AD

- Vandal Libya: 487 - 600

Middle Postclassical - 800 - 1200 - color: PCH (PCH)

- For Egypt this starts at 868

- Iran: 820 - 1219

- Islamic Libya: 600 - 1200

Late Postclassical - 1200 - 1500 - color: Late PCH (abbreviated LPCH)

- For Egypt this ends at 1517

- For Mongolia, this is replaced by the Mongol Empire era - 1206 - 1380

- For the Byzantine Empire this ends at 1453

- Iran: 1219 - 1501

Regional eras:

Postclassic Period - 900 - 1521 AD (Mesoamerica)

Time periods:

Early Postclassic - 900 - 1200 - color: EPCH

Late Postclassic - 1200 - 1521 - color: LPCH

Imperial China:

Early Imperial China - 580 - 960 - color: EPCH

Middle Imperial China - 960 - 1271 - color: PCH

Yan Dynasty era / Late Imperial China - 1271 - 1368 - color: LPCH

Middle ages - 476 - 1500 (Europe)

Europe Time periods:

Early middle ages - late 5th century - 10th century - color: EPCH

- For Scandanavia this is the Viking age - 793 - 1066

High middle ages - 1,000 - 1,300 color: MPCH

Late middle ages - 1,300 - 1,500 color: LPCH

Feudal Japan:

Asuka period and Nara period - 643 - 794 - color: EPCH

Heian period - 795 - 1185 - color: PCH

Kamakura period - 1185 - 1333 - color: LPCH

Global era: Early modern - 1400 - 1600 - Blue (time period ended early to add the "middle modern" and have it be more specific)

First early modern: 1400 - 1500 - color: first early modern (abbreviated FEM)

Second early modern: 1500 - 1550 - color: early modern (abbreviated EM)

Third early modern: 1550 - 1600 - color: third early modern (abbreviated LEM)

Regional eras:

Ming Dynasty era - 1368 - 1644 (China) color: EM

Age of exploration - 1418 - 1620 (For explorers) color: EM

Renaissance - 1400 - 1600 (Europe)

Time periods:

Early Renaissance - 1400 - 1490 - color: FEM

- For England this is still the middle ages - color: LPCH

High Renaissance - 1490 - 1527 - color: EM

- For England this is the Tudor period - 1485 - 1558 in this case

Late Renaissance - 1527 - 1600 - color: LEM

- For Poland, this is the Polish Golden Age - 1507 - 1572

- For England, this is the Elizabethan era - 1558 - 1603

Samurai Japan

Muromachi period: 1333 - 1573 - color: EM

Azuchi–Momoyama period - 1573 - 1603 - color: LEM

Global era: Middle modern - 1600 - 1750 - Green

First middle modern - 1600 - 1650 - color: first middle modern (abbreviated FMM)

Second middle modern - 1650 - 1700 - color: second middle modern (abbreviated MM)

Third middle modern - 1700 - 1750 - color: third middle modern (abbreviated TMM)

Regional eras:

Baroque - 1600 - 1750 - Europe

Time periods:

Early Baroque - 1600 - 1650 - color: FMM

- For the British Isles this is the Jacobean era - 1603 - 1625

Middle Baroque - 1650 - 1730 - color: MM

- British Isles: Caroline era - 1625 - 1649

Rococo / Late Baroque - 1730 - 1769 color: TMM

- British Isles: British Interregnum and Stuart restoration - 1649 - 1714

- Iran: Afsharid Iran - 1736 - 1750

Global era: Late Modern - 1750 - 1800 - color: yellow (abbreviated LM)

Regional eras:

Age of Revolution - 1765 - 1848 - Europe and the Americas - color: LM-LNC

Neoclassicism - 1730 - 1830 - Europe - color:LM

- For the United Kingdom this is the Georgian era - 1714 - 1830

Convict era - 1788 - 1868 - Australia - color: LM-LNC

Zand Iran - 1750 - 1794 - LM

Global era: Long nineteenth century - 1789 - 1914 - Color: Dark Pink (abbreviated LNC)

Time periods:

Early LNC: 1789 - 1830 color: Depends, usually either Early LNC (ELNC) - TMM, or with one more than the other

Middle LNC: 1830 - 1860 color: LNC

Late LNC: 1860 - 1900 color: Late LNC (LLNC)

Post-Late LNC (PLLNC) - 1900 - 1914 color: PLLNC - Early 19th century

Regional eras:

Federation of Australia - 1890 - 1918 color: LNC

Qajar Iran - 1794 - 1925 color: LNC

Europe time periods:

Early Romantic era - 1770 - 1799 - TMM-ELNC

Napoleonic era / Middle romantic - 1799 - 1815 color: LNC

Late Romantic era - 1815 - 1850 -

Post-Romantic - 1850 - 1900 - PLLC

- In the British Empire this would be replaced by the Victorian era - 1837 - 1901

- For Egypt this is the Khedivate of Egypt - 1867 - 1914

- For classical music this would be replaced by the late Romantic, and the years will slightly differ

- For France this is the Belle Époque - 1871 - 1914

- Japan: Meiji period - 1868 - 1912

Mexico:

Independence era: 1810 - 1846 - ELNC

Liberal Mexico: 1846 - 1911 - LNC

Global era: Early 20th century (E20) - 1900 - 1945 - Orange

- For Egypt this ends in 1953

Regional eras:

Colonial Libya: 1900 - 1950

Pahlavi Iran - 1925 - 1979

Republic of China (1912–1949) era

Modernism - Europe - 1874 - 1960

Global era: Contemporary History

Time periods:

Late 20th century (L20) - 1945 - 2000 - Bright Orange (these colors will be slightly different than the overview because of the background)

-Modern Mexico: 1910 - 2000 - color: E20-L20

21st century (color: 21) - 2000 - today - Bright Pink (this will help out more in the future)

Regional time periods:

-Contemporary Mexico: 2000 - Present - color: 21

Postmodernism - The west - 1960 - Today (exact end date unclear, 20th century still applies for the individual timeline) - color: depends; some combination of L20 and 21

People's Republic of China - since 1949 - L20-21

Islamic Republic of Iran era - 1979 - present - L20-21

Indian Independence era: 1947 - present - L20-21

Contemporary Japan:

Shōwa era - 1926 - 1989 - E20-L20

Heisei period - 1989 - 2019 - L20-21

Reiwa period - 2019 - present - 21

Contemporary Libya - 2011 - present - 21

Contemporary United States - 2016 - present - 21

See also

• Timelines of world history
• Human History
• List of time periods
• List of decades, centuries, and millennia