Timeless Timeline Worksheet: History and Invention Timelines

Timeless Timelines - History Timelines for Kids

From the start of human civilization, we remember some of the most famous people and inventions. Using this timeline worksheet, students arrange the timeline according to their birth date and the invention year.

From youngest to oldest, the teacher will go through the correct order in the history timelines for kids. For example, paper was invented more than 1300 years earlier than the printing press.

The teacher then helps everyone by giving the correct answers. Further to this, ask questions about inventors:

Who else belongs on the list?
What other inventions are important enough that they should be added?
Or what are future inventions you want to see on this list in the future?

Timeline Worksheet Answers

Alexander the Great – 356 BC
Albert Einstein – 1879
Confucius – 551 BC
Sir Isaac Newton – 1642
Genghis Khan – 1162
William Shakespeare – 1564
Leonardo da Vinci – 1452
George Washington – 1732
Cleopatra – 30 BC
Bill Gates – 1955

Paper – 105
Telephone – 1876
Computer – 1936
Compass – 206 BC
Printing Press – 1440
Steam Engine – 1698
Airplane – 1903
Wheel – 3500 BC
Gregorian Calendar – 1582
Vaccination – 1796