A timeline is presentation of a chronological sequence of related events along a drawn line that enables the reader to quickly understand relationships relating to, or limited by, time. Timelines provide a logical, clean way to tell your story. Check out these 10 great examples of timeline in web design for inspiration in making your own.
see as well, openbexi timeline which is is a data-driven interactive timeline for visualizing temporal data.
https://github.com/arcazj/openbexi_timeline