Peter von Stackelberg has compiled an impressive “timeline” visualization of major social, technological, and economic events from 1750 to 2100.

The purpose of the timeline is to provide a visual tool for looking at events across a relatively long period of time and identify patterns and interrelationships involving a broad range of factors. Identification of patterns is particularly important when attempting to look at the future of complex social, technological, economic, and other systems.

via Timeline of Major Events & Trends on Datavisualization.ch.