D History
General
Church history
Modern European history (including world history where appropriate)
Great Britain and Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
British Empire
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Austria
Middle Europe not separately classificed elsewhere
Switzerland
Iberian Peninsula
Italy
Scandinavia
Baltic States
Poland
Russia
Eastern Europe, including Byzantine Empire, Balkans etc
Turkey
Asia, including East Indies
Africa
USA
Latin America and the Caribbean
Pacific
Near East and the Middle East
History and Philosophy of Science
Iran
Periodicals
| D1 | General works. Historiography | |
| D2 | Societies | |
| D3 | Chronological charts. Historical atlases. Dictionaries of dates | |
| D4 | Universal history | |
| D5 | Archaeology. Prehistory, general | |
| D6 | History of civilisation | |
| D7 | Records. Diplomatic. Palaeography | |
| D8 | Genealogies. Heraldry | |
| D9 | Intellectual history (Histories of ideas, consciousness, history of ideology, philosophical movements related specifically to historical contexts or events) | |
| D10 | Social history, general |
Church history
| D19 | General | |
| D19.1 | Apostolic and early | |
| D19.2 | Papacy and Empire. Renaissance (c. 800-1500) | |
| D19.3 | Reformation and Counter-reformation (to c. 1648) | |
| D19.4 | Post-reformation | |
| D20 | British church history : General | |
| D20.1 | British church history : Early to Mediaeval | |
| D20.2 | British church history : Reformation | |
| D20.3 | British church history : 1558-1660 | |
| D20.4 | British church history : 1661-1800 | |
| D20.5 | British church history : 1800-1938 | |
| D20.6 | British church history : 1939- |
Modern European history (including world history where appropriate)
| D21 | General | |
| D21.1 | 476-1453, general | |
| D21.11 | 476-1100 (including Normans) | |
| D21.12 | 1100-1453 (including Crusades) | |
| D21.2 | 1453-1815, general | |
| D21.21 | 1453-1610 | |
| D21.22 | 1610-1715 | |
| D21.23 | 1715-1815 | |
| D21.3 | 1815-1914, general | |
| D21.31 | 1815-1871 | |
| D21.32 | 1871-1914 | |
| D21.4 | 1914- | |
| D21.5 | Great War 1914-1919 | |
| D21.6 | 1919-1939 | |
| D21.7 | World War II 1939-1945 | |
| D21.71 | UK Civil Series. History of World War II | |
| D21.8 | 1945- |
Great Britain and Ireland
| D22 | General | |
| D22.1 | Up to Norman conquest | |
| D22.12 | Prehistory (pre-Roman) | |
| D22.13 | Roman Britain | |
| D22.16 | Saxon and Anglo-Saxon | |
| D22.2 | Normans | |
| D22.21 | William I (1066-1087) | |
| D22.22 | William II (1087-1100) | |
| D22.23 | Henry I (1100-1135) | |
| D22.24 | Stephen (1135-1154) | |
| D22.3 | Plantagenets | |
| D22.31 | Henry II (1154-1189) | |
| D22.32 | Richard I (1189-1199) | |
| D22.33 | John (1199-1216) | |
| D22.34 | Henry III (1216-1272) | |
| D22.35 | Edward I (1272-1307) | |
| D22.36 | Edward II (1307-1327) | |
| D22.37 | Edward III (1327-1377) | |
| D22.38 | Richard II (1377-1399) | |
| D22.4 | Lancaster and York | |
| D22.41 | Henry IV (1399-1413) | |
| D22.42 | Henry V (1413-1422) | |
| D22.43 | Henry VI (1422-1461) | |
| D22.44 | Edward IV (1461-1483) | |
| D22.45 | Edward V (1483) | |
| D22.46 | Richard III (1483-1485) | |
| D22.5 | Tudors | |
| D22.51 | Henry VII (1485-1509) | |
| D22.52 | Henry VIII (1509-1547) | |
| D22.53 | Edward VI (1547-1553) | |
| D22.54 | Mary (1553-1558) | |
| D22.55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603) | |
| D22.6 | Stuarts | |
| D22.61 | James I (1603-1625) | |
| D22.62 | Charles I (1625-1649) | |
| D22.63 | Commonwealth (1649-1659) | |
| D22.64 | Charles II (1660-1685) | |
| D22.65 | James II (1685-1688) | |
| D22.66 | William III (1689-1702) | |
| D22.67 | Anne (1702-1714) | |
| D22.7 | Hanoverians and after, 1714- | |
| D22.71 | George I (1714-1727 | |
| D22.72 | George II (1727-1760) | |
| D22.73 | George III (1760-1815) | |
| D22.74 | George IV and William IV (1815-1837) | |
| D22.76 | Victoria (1837-1901) | |
| D22.761 | Edward VII (1901-1914) | |
| D22.762 | George V (1914-1936) | |
| D22.764 | George VI (1936-1951) | |
| D22.765 | Conservative government (1951-1964) | |
| D22.766 | Labour government (1964-1969) | |
| D22.768 | Conservative government (1979-1997) | |
| D22.769 | Labour government (1997-2010) | |
| D22.770 | Conservative government (2010-) | |
| D22.8 | Town and County histories | |
| D22.81 | Records. Diplomatic |
Wales
| D23 | General | |
| D23.1 | to 600 | |
| D23.2 | 600-1485 | |
| D23.3 | 1485-1837 | |
| D23.4 | 1837- |
Scotland
| D24 | General | |
| D24.1 | to 1097 | |
| D24.2 | 1097-1314 | |
| D24.3 | 1314-1603 | |
| D24.4 | 1603-1707 | |
| D24.5 | 1707- |
Ireland
| D25 | General | |
| D25.1 | to 1086 | |
| D25.2 | 1086-1485 | |
| D25.3 | 1485-1801 | |
| D25.4 | 1801-1920 | |
| D25.5 | 1920- |
British Empire
| D26 | General | |
| D26.1 | Canada | |
| D26.2 | Australia and dependencies | |
| D26.3 | New Zealand and dependencies | |
| D26.4 | South Africa and dependencies | |
| D26.5 | India. Burma. Pakistan. Bangladesh | |
| D26.6 | Crown colonies |
France
| D30 | General | |
| D30.1 | Merovingian and Carolingian (to 987) | |
| D30.2 | Capet and Valois (987-1589) | |
| D30.3 | Bourbon (1589-1789) | |
| D30.4 | Revolution and First Republic (1789-1804) | |
| D30.5 | First Empire and Restoration (1804-1848) | |
| D30.6 | Second Republic and Second Empire (1848-1870) | |
| D30.7 | Third Republic (1870-1939) inc. Paris Commune | |
| D30.8 | Vichy and 4th republic (1940-1959) | |
| D30.9 | Colonies | |
| D30.10 | Fifth Republic (1959- |
Belgium
| D31 |
Holland
| D32 |
Germany
| D33 | General | |
| D33.1 | to 843 | |
| D33.2 | 843-1519 | |
| D33.3 | 1519-1618 | |
| D33.4 | 1618-1705 | |
| D33.5 | 1705-1789 | |
| D33.6 | 1789-1815 | |
| D33.7 | Empire 1815-1919 | |
| D33.8 | Republic 1919-1945 | |
| D33.9 | Colonies | |
| D33.11 | 1945- |
Austria
| D34 |
Middle Europe not separately classificed elsewhere
| D35 | General | |
| D35.1 | Hungary | |
| D35.3 | Rumania | |
| D35.5 | Czech Republic and Slovakia |
Switzerland
| D36 |
Iberian Peninsula
| D37 | General | |
| D37.1 | to 711 | |
| D37.2 | 711-1479 | |
| D37.3 | 1479-1516 | |
| D37.4 | 1516-1598 | |
| D37.5 | 1598-1808 | |
| D37.6 | 1808-1868 | |
| D37.7 | 1868- | |
| D37.9 | Colonies |
Italy
| D38 | General | |
| D38.1 | 476-1122 | |
| D38.2 | 1122-1492 | |
| D38.3 | 1492-1870 | |
| D38.4 | 1870-1922 | |
| D38.5 | 1922-1945 | |
| D38.6 | Colonies | |
| D38.7 | 1945- |
Scandinavia
| D39 | General | |
| D39.1 | Iceland | |
| D39.2 | Sweden | |
| D39.3 | Norway | |
| D39.4 | Denmark | |
| D39.5 | Finland |
Baltic States
| D40 | General | |
| D40.1 | Estonia | |
| D40.2 | Latvia | |
| D40.3 | Lithuania |
Poland
| D41 |
Russia
| D42 | General | |
| D42.1 | to 1237 | |
| D42.2 | 1237-1689 | |
| D42.3 | 1689-1796 | |
| D42.4 | 1796-1917 | |
| D42.5 | 1917-1956 | |
| D42.6 | 1956- |
Eastern Europe, including Byzantine Empire, Balkans etc
| D43 |
Turkey
| D44 |
Asia, including East Indies
| D45 | General | |
| D45.1 | China | |
| D45.2 | Tibet | |
| D45.3 | Japan | |
| D45.4 | South East Asia | |
| D45.5 | India |
Africa
| D46 | General | |
| D46.1 | Pre-colonial Africa | |
| D46.2 | Colonial Africa to c. 1955-60 | |
| D46.3 | Modern Africa | |
| D46.4 | North Africa | |
| D46.5 | West Africa | |
| D46.6 | Central Africa | |
| D46.7 | East Africa, including Ethiopia and Eritrea | |
| D46.8 | Southern Africa |
USA
| D47 | General | |
| D47.1 | Pre 1776 | |
| D47.2 | 1776-1865 | |
| D47.3 | 1865-1945 | |
| D47.4 | 1945- |
Latin America and the Caribbean
| D48 |
Pacific
| D50 |
Near East and the Middle East
| D51 |
History and Philosophy of Science
| D80 | General | |
| D81 | Ancient world | |
| D82 | Medieval (to c. 1450) | |
| D83 | Early Modern (c. 1450-1800) | |
| D84 | 1801-1900 | |
| D85 | 1901- |
Iran
| D98 |
Periodicals
| D99 |