a chronological account of events in successive years
history of events recorded year by year
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
Records from the reign of Thutmose III inscribed on the walls of Karnak Temple.
Annals (Latin Annales, from annus, a year) are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year.
The Annals, or, in Latin, Annales, is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the four Roman Emperors succeeding to Caesar Augustus. The parts of the work that survived from antiquity cover (most of) the reigns of Tiberius and Nero.