Detailed logarithmic timeline


This timeline shows the whole history of the universe, the Earth, and mankind in one table. Each row is defined in years ago, that is, years before the present date, with the earliest times at the top of the chart. In each table cell on the right, references to events or notable people are given, more or less in chronological order within the cell.
Each row corresponds to a change in log of about 0.1. The dividing points are taken from the R′′20 Renard numbers. Thus each row represent about 21% of the time from its beginning until the present.
The table is divided into sections with subtitles. Note that each such section contains about 68% of all the time from the beginning of the section until now.

Past

13,799 million years ago to 5 500 million years ago

5 500 million years ago to 1 800 million years ago

1 800 million years ago to 550 million years ago

550 million years ago to 180 million years ago

180 million years ago to 55 million years ago

55 million years ago to 18 million years ago

18 million years ago to 5.5 million years ago

5.5 million years ago to 1.8 million years ago

1.8 million years ago to 550,000 years ago

550,000 years ago to 180,000 years ago

180,000 years ago to 55,000 years ago

55,000 years ago to 18,000 years ago

18,000 years ago to 5,500 years ago

5,500 years ago to 1,800 years ago

1,800 years ago to 550 years ago

550 years ago to 180 years ago

180 years ago to 55 years ago

55 years ago to 18 years ago

18 years ago to present

Future

A logarithmic timeline can also be devised for events which should occur in the future, barring unforeseen circumstances and assuming that we can extrapolate into the future based on our science.
Time intervalEvent
1 – 10 years
10 – 100 years Global warming. Year 2038 problem and Year 2106 problem
100 – 1000 years
Consumption of fossil fuels much lower than at present
1000 – 10 ka
Opening of the Crypt of Civilization.
Summer and winter constellations switch, north celestial pole moves far from present North Star
10 ka – 100 ka Presently used Computus will give Paschal Full Moon at new moon.
Alpha Centauri passes the sun and continues toward Lynx.
Present constellations become unrecognizable.
Hebrew Calendar out of sync with seasons.
100 ka – 1 MaGregorian Calendar out of sync with seasons.
Several supervolcanoes erupt.
Strait of Gibraltar closes, Mediterranean Sea dries up.
1 Ma – 10 MaTechnetium-99 produced today ceases to be a danger
Gliese 710 passes through the Oort Cloud.
Several kilometre-size asteroids or comets on collision course with Earth.
The Afar Depression and the East African Rift become a new sea, splitting Africa.
10 Ma – 100 MaMediterranean basin closes.
Iodine-129 and Neptunium-237 in nuclear waste decay away.
100 Ma – 1 GaDifferent continents from today due to splitting and coalescence. Possible new supercontinent.
Sun completes several orbits around the Milky Way
1 Ga – 10 GaHotter sun makes land too hot for life.
Oceans evaporate.
Andromeda–Milky Way collision.
Sun becomes a red giant
10 Ga – 100 Ga
Sun becomes a white dwarf
Presently existing uranium and rhenium-187 decay away.
100 Ga – 1 TaWhite dwarf Sun fades away.
Local Group coalesces.
Presently existing thorium decays away.
1 Ta – 10 Ta
Galaxies outside Local Supercluster no longer visible.
Proxima Centauri ceases to be a main-sequence star.
10 Ta – 100 TaStar formation ends. Degenerate Era starts.
100 Ta – 1 PaNuclear fusion ceases.
Sun becomes a black dwarf.
1 Pa – 10 PaPlanets fall or are flung away from their stars.
10 Pa – 100 Pa
100 Pa – 1 exaannus
Vanadium-50 decays.
1 Ea – 10 Ea
Tungsten-180, Europium-151, Molybdenum-100, Neodymium-150, and Tellurium-130 decay
10 Ea – 100 Ea
Zirconium-96, Bismuth, Calcium-48, and Cadmium-116 decay
100 Ea – 1 zettaannus
Selenium-82 decays
1 Za – 10 Za
Barium-130, Germanium-78, Xenon-136, and Krypton-78 decay
10 Za – 100 Za
Xenon-124 decays
100 Za – 1 Ya
1 Ya – 10 Ya
Tellurium-128 decays
10 Ya – 100 Ya