tex - How to create a timeline with LaTeX?

Question

In history-books you often have timeline, where events and periods are marked on a line in the correct relative distance to each other. How is it possible to create something similar in LaTeX?

Answer 1

There is a new chronology.sty by Levi Wiseman. The documentation (pdf) says:

Most timeline packages and solutions for LATEX are used to convey a lot of information and are therefore designed vertically. If you are just attempting to assign labels to dates, a more traditional timeline might be more appropriate. That's what chronology is for.

Here is some example code:

documentclass{article}
usepackage{chronology}
egin{document}

egin{chronology}[5]{1983}{2010}{3ex}[extwidth]
event{1984}{one}
event[1985]{1986}{two}
event{decimaldate{25}{12}{2001}}{three}
end{chronology}

end{document}

Which produces this output: