Sort my events into a timeline table
Sorts pasted events into a dated timeline table, keeping uncertain dates marked and splitting the timeline into at most five phases.
Task:
Sort the events below into one timeline table, oldest first, ready to paste into a timeline tool.
Rules:
- Keep each event's wording, shortened to at most 12 words only when it is longer.
- Write dates as YYYY-MM-DD. When only a month or year is given, keep it as given and mark it "approx".
- If two events conflict or a date is missing, keep both, leave the date cell empty and list the problem below the table.
- Group the rows into at most five phases and name each phase in three words or fewer.
- Add no event and no date that is not in the list.
Result:
A table with the columns date, event, phase and certainty, followed by a list of problems, each in one line.
Material:
[paste the events with their dates here]