Wikipedia:Timeline standards

This page describes a standard layout to use when adding millennia, centuries, decades, or years to the history timeline. Any comments on changes to this format should be added via Wikipedia Talk:Timeline standards

Articles for the year 500 BC and earlier should be redirected to the relevant decade. Articles for the year 1700 BC and earlier should be redirected to the relevant century. Articles for the year 4000 BC and earlier should be redirected to the relevant millennium.

Here is the format for the Year pages. Note: Wikipedia:Wikiproject Years is being worked on as an updated version of this.

---

---

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 - 1456 - 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461

---

Events

Births

Deaths

---

---

End of format for the Years

Here is the format for the Decade pages

---

---

Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s - 80s - 90s 100s 110s 120s 130s

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

---

Events and Trends

Significant People

---

---

End of format for the Decade pages

Here is the format for the century pages

---

---

1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century - other centuries

---

Events and Trends

Significant People

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

Decades and Years

0s BC	9 BC	8 BC	7 BC	6 BC	5 BC	4 BC	3 BC	2 BC	1 BC
0s		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10s	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20s	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30s	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
40s	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
50s	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59
60s	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69
70s	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79
80s	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89
90s	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
100s	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109

---

---

End of format for the century pages