Historical Datelist/Timeline

This ephemeris comprises carefully chosen, essential data for use in investigating longterm
cycles in history. More accurate data for astrologically researching specific historical times can
then be found by using astrological computer programs. The only problem here is that only
some programs are accurate enough for use over centuries and millennia of time. For use in
historical work, programs which calculate the gravitational effects of the planets on each other
are necessary, or which refer to precise ephemerides going far back in time, should be used.
These gravitational effects have a greater influence on Uranus, Neptune and Pluto's motions
than on the inner planets of our solar system. However, most programs are sufficiently accurate
for use in astrological work within 200 years of the present time.
Events selected in the historical datelist have been selected according to my own carefully
thought-through criteria of historical interest and significance. Unfortunately, such areas of
interest as social developments and trends tend to lack definitive dates which means that
many of the dates in the list are by necessity politically-oriented, though their wider significance
is often hinted at in parentheses after the entry.