By using History Timelines, you agree to the terms below. We've kept them short and written in plain English, because this is a reference site for teachers and students, not a service with accounts or transactions.
What This Site Is
History Timelines is a free, sourced reference covering people, events, places, and American history. It requires no account, no payment, and no sign-up to read, search, or cite. We provide it as-is, for educational and general reference use.
Citing Our Content
You're welcome to cite any page on History Timelines in schoolwork, articles, presentations, or research the same way you'd cite any other reference work; that's what the site is built for. Every page includes a ready citation block in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats for exactly this purpose, and no separate permission is required to quote or cite a timeline with proper attribution.
Reusing Our Content Beyond Citation
The specific text, structure, and images on this site are the work of History Timelines and are protected by copyright, even though the underlying historical facts themselves can't be owned by anyone. Reproducing a full page, mirroring the site, or republishing our text or images elsewhere requires our written permission; contact us via the Contact page to ask. Automated scraping or bulk downloading of the site's content is not permitted.
Accuracy and No Warranty
We check every date and fact against a named, publicly available source before publishing; see How We Source for the full standard we hold ourselves to. Even so, History Timelines is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied. History is sometimes genuinely disputed among historians, and even carefully sourced references can contain errors or fall out of date as new scholarship emerges. This site should inform your research, not be its only source for anything that matters; always verify a critical fact against a primary source before relying on it. If you find an error, we want to know; see Contact.
External Links
Our pages link to the sources we used and, occasionally, to other reference material. We don't control those external sites and aren't responsible for their content, accuracy, or availability. A link from our site isn't an endorsement of everything on the linked page.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, History Timelines and its operators aren't liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of this site, including reliance on its content or on any linked external site.
Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms as the site grows; the current version always applies. These terms were last reviewed in August 2026. Questions can be sent to [email protected].