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chronicle

historical account of facts and events arranged in chronological order
Intangible literary_genre Q185363
chronicle
Melchionne (o 'Melchiorre) Ferraiolo, "Cronaca della Napoli aragonese" (o "Cronaca figurata del Quattrocento"), circa 1498. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

chronicle is a literary genre[1]. chronicle draws 1,861 Wikipedia views per month (literary genre category, ranking #105 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: personal testimonial[3], historiography[4], written work[5], literary work[6]
  • Commons category: Chronicles[7]
  • Said to be the same as: Pongsawadan[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chronicles[9]
  • Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[13]
  • Different from: crônica[14], op-ed[15]
  • Practiced by: chronicler[16]

Why It Matters

chronicle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] chronicle is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Alexiad Almudena Grandes Andrea Dandolo Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Commentarii de Bello Civili Commentarii de Bello Gallico Ecclesiastical History of the English People Gallus Anonymus Historia Brittonum José de Alencar literary work Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Primary Chronicle Samguk sagi Thietmar of Merseburg Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007562-kroniky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007562-kroniky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 11598, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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