Time line graph generator based on Wikidata. This in a quick and dirty way !

https://timeline-chart.herokuapp.com

A few examples :

• https://timeline-chart.herokuapp.com?q=Sarah_Bernhardt|Edmond_Rostand|American_Civil_War
• https://timeline-chart.herokuapp.com?q=Cristiano_Ronaldo|2014_FIFA_World_Cup|Lionel_Messi
• https://timeline-chart.herokuapp.com?q=The_Rolling_Stones|(I_Can't_Get_No)_Satisfaction|Exile_on_Main_St|Miss_You_(The_Rolling_Stones_song)

Data comes from (not so documented) https://www.wikidata.org/.

P373 or P1559: Entity name

Properties for persons :

• P569 : Date of birth
• P570 : Date of death (Date.now() if person's not dead)

Properties for events :

• P580 : Start time
• P582 : End time

Properties for Bands :

• P571 : Inception
• P576 : Dissolved or Abolished

Albums :

• P577 : Publication date

Spaceflights :

• P619 : Time of spacecraft launch

Properties are available here : https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxlath/wikidata-properties-dumper/master/properties/en.json.