How to create historical Gantt chart in Linux?

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Solution

Since you tagged it with tex, here's an approach using `gantt.sty` from this page: A LaTeX package for drawing gantt plots using `pgf`/`tikz`.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{gantt}
\usepackage{pdflscape}

\begin{document}
  \begin{landscape}
  \scalebox{0.8}{
  \begin{gantt}[xunitlength=0.5cm,fontsize=\small,titlefontsize=\small,drawledgerline=true]{10}{48}
    \begin{ganttitle}
      \titleelement{2009}{7}
      \numtitle{2010}{1}{2012}{12}
      \titleelement{2013}{5}
    \end{ganttitle}
    \begin{ganttitle}
      \numtitle{6}{1}{12}{1}
      \numtitle{1}{1}{12}{1}
      \numtitle{1}{1}{12}{1}
      \numtitle{1}{1}{12}{1}
      \numtitle{1}{1}{5}{1}
    \end{ganttitle}
    \ganttbar{task 1}{2}{17}
    \ganttgroup{a group of tasks}{6}{18}
    \ganttbar{task 2}{5}{10}
    \ganttbar[pattern=crosshatch,color=blue]{task 3}{15}{3}
    \ganttbar{task 4}{20}{3}
    \ganttcon{15}{4}{20}{6}
    \ganttbar{task 5}{15}{5}
    \ganttbarcon[color=red]{task 6}{20}{5}
    \ganttbarcon{task 7}{30}{5}
  \end{gantt}
  }
  \end{landscape}
\end{document}

A similar approach using `pstricks` is provided by `pst-gantt`.

Problem

I need to create a Gantt timeline with dates from 19th century. Can anybody recommend a program that could handle that?

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