So I'm about to become unemployed, and I have gotten so much work done ahead of time that I'm gonna treat myself to a few days of Idea Farming in the local library. This means that I'm basically gonna go down there when it opens, with a big iced coffee and a sack of my own books, along with a long list of topics that I need to research, and then I'm going to stay there until the library closes, leaving only long enough to grab lunch and dinner from one of the downtown restaurants. History-nerd paradise, in other words.
One thing I do need, though -- well, not need really, but it would make my task a hell of a lot easier -- is some sort of big spreadsheet/flowchart/timeline thingy showing the rulers and major events of European History from around 1650 through to about 1900. Meaning, a column showing the major dates by decade, and a column beside it showing all the British monarchs, the French rulers, the appearance and disappearance of empires like Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, major conflicts and their participants, and (though this is probably asking too much for one flowchart) possibly little dashed lines showing how all the ruling parties were related to one another.
Does such a thing exist? Or more practically, do pieces of these exist? Like for instance, a flowchart of all the monarchies?
Any help's gratefully appreciated.
Well, there's always this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Timechart-History-World-Years-Unfolded/dp/0760765340
There is the BBC history website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
and there is the history website: http://timelines.ws/
and finaly, there is wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1650
happy browsing
Try: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
or
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Try: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
or
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm