Chronicles

thumb|Chronicon Pictum, the "Illuminated Chronicle" from the royal Hungarian court from 1358 A chronicle (, from Greek chroniká, from , chrónos – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler. A chronicle which traces world history is a universal chronicle. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, in which an author chooses events to interpret and analyze and

Annals (, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record.

1950 novel by Ray Bradbury

history of the Roman Empire by the Roman historian and senator Publius Cornelius Tacitus

4th-century work by St. Jerome

The Akhbar-nameh is a Persian-language chronicle on the history of Talish. It was composed by Mirza Ahmad ibn Mirza Khodaverdi, the vizier of the two last khans of the Talysh Khanate.

19th-century Persian-language chronicle

work by Fernão Lopes

persian historical chronicle (1800)

In historiography, a chronicon is a type of chronicle or annals. Examples are: Chronicon (Eusebius) Chronicon (Jerome) Chronicon (Jacob of Edessa) Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham Chronicon Burgense Chronicon Ambrosianum Chronicon Compostellanum Chronicon Gothanum Chronicon Helveticum Chronicon Holtzatiae Chronicon Iriense Chronicon Lethrense Chronicon Lusitanum Chronicon Paschale Chronicon Pictum Chronicon Roskildense Chronicon Salernitanum Chronicon Scotorum Chronicon complutense Chronicon terrae Prussiae