Timelines relevant to the AQA GCSE History specification are a useful way of learning about events, recognising cause and effect, seeing change over time as well as understanding things that are happening at the same time.
Across TheTimelineGeek we have a huge number of timelines relevant to UK exam topics. Some have been produced specifically for a particular exam while others offer relevant and/or background information.
Listed below each topic are the timelines that are relevant for that subject
AQA GCSE History – Timelines for Paper 1 Topics
AA – America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation
The American West 1830 – 1892
AB – Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship
Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 1945
AC – Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and communism
Tsarist Russia 1855 – 1922
Stalin’s Russia 1922 – 1953
AD – America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
The American Dream 1915 – 1988
Prohibition in America
BA – Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894–1918
World War One Causes 1878 – 1914
World War One Events 1914 – 1918
BB – Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918–1939
Peace and War: International Relations 1900 – 1939
BC – Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
International Relations: the Cold War 1945 – 1991
The Vietnam War Causes and Events 1887 – 1978
BD – Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975
The Vietnam War Causes and Events 1887 – 1978
BE Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009
AQA GCSE History – Timelines for Paper 2 Topics
AA – Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
Medicine in Britian 1250 – present day
AB – Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
AC – Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
BA – Norman England, c1066–c1100
King William I 1027 – 1087
King William II 1045 – 1100
BB – Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272–1307
King Edward I 1239 – 1307
BC – Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
Queen Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
BD Restoration England, 1660–1685
Published Sept 24, 2020 @ 5:20 pm – Updated – [last-modified]