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History Today

yaob1990yaob1990678 downloads

View and review your historical notes from this day across previous years

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An Obsidian plugin that shows "Today in History" events.

Features

  • Get notes about historical events that happened on this day
  • Configurable folder filtering

Installation

  1. Open Settings in Obsidian
  2. Navigate to Third-party plugins
  3. Disable Safe mode
  4. Click Browse and search for "History Today"
  5. Click Install

Usage

  1. After installation, a new icon will appear in the left sidebar
  2. Click the icon to view historical events for today
  3. In plugin settings, you can:
    • Set display language
    • Configure folder filtering (all folders by default)
  4. The plugin prioritizes the date created field in Metadata, and falls back to the ctime field if not available

Contributing

Pull requests and issues are welcome.

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Display historical events that happened on this day by pulling dates from your notes. Filter which folders to include and set the display language; events use the note's metadata date when available or fall back to file ctime.
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Details
Current version
1.0.17
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
2 years ago
Updates
10 releases
Downloads
678
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
yaob1990yaob1990
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