Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica, from Greek χρονικά (from χρόνος)) is a historical account of facts and events in chronological order. Typically, equal weight is given for important events and less important events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which focuses on important events and excludes those the author does not see as important.
Scholars categorize the genre of chronicle into two subgroups: live chronicles, and dead chronicles. A dead chronicle is one where the author gathers his list of events up to the time of his writing, but does not record further events as they occur. A live chronicle is where one or more authors add to a chronicle in a regular fashion, recording contemporary events shortly after they occur. Because of the immediacy of the information, historians tend to value live chronicles over dead ones.
The term often refers to a book written by a chronicler in the Middle Ages describing historical events in a country, or the lives of a nobleman or a clergyman, although it is also applied to a record of public events. Various contemporary newspapers or other periodicals have adopted "chronicle" as part of their name. Various fictional stories have also adopted "chronicle" as part of their title, to give an impression of epic proportion to their stories.
A chronicle which traces world history is called a Universal chronicle.

List of notable chronicles

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — Britain
Annals of Inisfallen — Ireland
Annals of the Four Masters — Ireland
Annals of Spring and Autumn — China
Bodhi Vamsa — Sri Lanka
Books of Chronicles — Middle East
Chula Vamsa — Sri Lanka
Dioclean Priest's Chronicle — Europe
Croyland Chronicle — England
Dipa Vamsa — Indian subcontinent
Froissart's Chronicles — Western Europe
Galician-Volhynian Chronicle — Ukraine
Henry of Livona Chronicle — Eastern Europe
History of the Prophets and Kings — Middle East and Mediterranean
Jans der Enikel — Europe and Mediterranean
Jerome's Chronicle — Mediterranean and Middle East
Kano Chronicle — Nigeria
Lethrense Chronicle — Denmark
Maha Vamsa — Indian subcontinent
Nabonidus Chronicle — Mesopotamia
Paschale Chronicle — Mediterranean
Puranas — India
Qu'ran — Middle East
Rajatarangini — Kashmir
Records of Three Kingdoms — China
Russian Primary Chronicle — Eastern Europe
Chronicle of the Slavs — Europe
Swiss illustrated chronicles — Switzerland
Zimmern Chronicle — Germany