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WhoWasWhen

Travel through history

Version 0.4 by Giovanni Coppola

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🗒 Note from Alfred Team

An official iOS companion app is available on the App Store.

Usage

Search for historical names, titles, years, or events via the wwho keyword.

Main search for year, names, titles

Filter for events only via the --e search flag.

Search filtering for events only

  • Show the Wikipedia page of the ruler (or event, if available).
  • “Travel” to the first year of the ruling period or event.
  • “Travel” to the last year of the ruling period or event.
  • Show the list of rulers with that title (e.g. “English monarch”).
  • Copy the info about the ruler or event to the clipboard.
  • Return to the main search.

Refresh the master database at intervals set in the Workflow’s configuration, or manually via the ::whoWasWhen-refresh keyword.

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