timeglo.be by timeglobe

timeglo.be uses Wikipedia and DBpedia to create a database of over 20000 events from world history, each with a short description, and plots them on an interactive 3D world map. You can put in search terms and/or dates and get a slice of what was happening in any part of the world, at any time in history and then use the links to Wikipedia provided in the descriptions to discover more about the events you find.