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TheTimeMap

History does not happen in isolation. Explore world events across time, follow the connections between them, and investigate the threads that reveal how one event can lead to another.

Inside TheTimeMap
1,107 events. 262 mapped connections. One growing investigation.

TheTimeMap currently follows events across 94 countries and 264 years of history — building a connected archive designed for people who want to look beyond the headline.

1,107 Events to explore
262 Connections mapped
94 Countries connected
264 Years in the archive
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February 28, 1941
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October 15, 1940
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September 1, 1939
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July 1, 1939
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April 28, 1939
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October 1, 1938
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December 13, 1937
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The Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanjing, occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War after Japanese forces captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of China, on December 13, 1937.Over a period of six weeks, the Japanese military commi...

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October 5, 1937
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October 2, 1937
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The Haitian Parsley Massacre, also known as the 1937 Parsley Massacre or the Haitian Massacre, was a mass killing carried out by the Dominican Army under the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in early October 1937.On October 2, 1937, thousands of...

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