Webcomics which are set in non-modern historical periods, often accurately following features and events of the time-period in which they are set.

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* ''Webcomic/AfganisuTan'': A comic that portrays the history of Afghanistan and its neighbors. If Aghanistan and its neighbors were a group of little girls.
* ''Webcomic/{{Aisopos}}'': A KoreanWebtoon that it's set in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and tells the life of the titular storyteller, when he became a slave at the age of 10. It's divided in three parts and has long been completed with a total of 130 chapters.
* ''Webcomic/AlteredFrontier'': A collection of short stories adapted from the radio Western ''Gunsmoke'', following the adventures of Territory Marshal Catalina De Léon and her companions.
* ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}'': A Webcomic about a young amazon and her friends and the drama that goes on.
* ''Webcomic/BaritarianBoy'': A historical webcomic focusing on exploits and events from the history of a nevertheless ''entirely fictional'' Slavic country. Not quite an example for this reason, but drawing enough from real Slavic and European history to be weirdly convincing.
* ''Webcomic/BeneathTheClouds'': A {{ComingOfAgeStory}} set in 11th century Japan. A nobleman-turned-monk and his daughter embark on a perilous journey to save the emperor who exiled them.
* ''Webcomic/BiteMe'': A humorous webcomic set during the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution which is an AlternateContinuity sequel of sorts to ''Webcomic/FamilyManDylanMeconis'' (see below).
* ''WebComic/BumrapeIsland'': A RemixComic of the military comic ''Nightmare Island'', turned into a raunchy parody.
* ''Webcomic/CenturiiChan'': A series of one-shots comic portraying various [[HistoricalGenderFlip historical figures as women]]. Focuses on [[AncientRome Roman history]] as implied by the title, though often portrays other historical eras as well.
* ''Webcomic/ClockworkGame'': The story of the Hungarian Wolfgang von Kempelen and his most famous invention: "The Turk", ostensibly a clockwork chess-playing automaton.
* ''Webcomic/TheContinentals'': A webcomic set in post Jack the Ripper England where Continental Operative Jeffrey Tiffen Smythe and his gender bending partner the adventress Lady Fiona Fiziwigg investigating a series of brutal "mangling" murders uncovers a tangled web of intrigue, adventure--And murder!
* ''Webcomic/TheCummoner'': A fantasy webcomic following the sexual misadventures of a HotWitch and her reluctant sidekick in medieval Europe. NotSafeForWork.
* ''Webcomic/DeepDiveDaredevils'': A DieselPunk adventure webcomic set in TheThirties, about a [[CoolBoat Cool Sub]] and its' stalwart crew.
* ''Webcomic/DelilahDirk'' is an adventure comic and {{swashbuckler}} set in and around the Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
* ''Webcomic/DovecoteCrest'': A webcomic detailing the lives and adventures of a group of [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar American Civil War]] reenactors.
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'': A romantic webcomic in which the main character, Bea, is transported back to the times of the American Revolutionary War in her dreams.
* ''Webcomic/{{Dreamless}}''
* ''Webcomic/FamilyManDylanMeconis'': A beautiful, elegantly paced comic about a 18th century German scholar finding his place in the world, struggling with issues of identity, theology and faith. Oh yes, I think there are going to be werewolves at some point too. Dylan Meconis's other (now finished) historical webcomic. ''[[http://www.bitemecomic.com Bite Me! A Vampire Farce]]'' is set in revolutionary France, and has been praised by Neil Gaiman and Scott [=McCloud=], among countless others.
* ''Webcomic/{{Flagland}}'': Satirizes historical events. Each character represents a nation, as indicated by the flag on his belly.
* ''Webcomic/ForLoveNorMoney'': A period crime drama starting in 1930s Ireland.
* ''Webcomic/FoundingBoys'': An AlternateUniverse retelling of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution as a BoardingSchool rebellion.
* ''Webcomic/FourCorners'': Set in TheNineties, Yokohama, as two unlikely delinquents pair up to solve the mystery of why gangs in the city are being brutally disbanded.
* ''Webcomic/FrederickTheGreat'': The time traveling escapades of UsefulNotes/FrederickTheGreat, UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat, and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. Turns HistoricalVillainUpgrade into an art form.
* ''Webcomic/GoodbyeChains'': The tale of a thief named Banquo and his communist buddy Colin in TheWildWest. A lot better than it sounds.
* ''Webcomic/{{Guttersnipe}}'': The adventures of a street orphan and a sewer rat in Depression era America.
* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': A gag-per-day historical comic written by historian Kate Beaton. Funny stuff.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': A webcomic, now a manga and anime, originally set in the WWI and WWII era where the countries are represented by anthropomorphic characters. Historical, political, and military interaction between countries is represented in as social and romantic interaction between the characters; the webcomic version in particular depicts military and economic incursions using homoerotic innuendo. It has expanded to include various ages and historical in-jokes, as well as occasional reflections on the life of nations.
* ''Webcomic/HipsterHitler'': UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler as a {{hipster}}.
* ''Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster'': Co-authored by [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Brian Clevinger]], a kung fu webcomic telling the story of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how the narrator killed his guest's master.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Joe Is Dead}}'': A story about living and dead pirates.
* ''Webcomic/KateWarnePinkertonDetective'': Kate Warne was a real person. She worked for Allan Pinkerton in Chicago in the 1850s-60s (including during the Civil War), making her the first female detective in America. And yes, she was awesome.
* ''Webcomic/KatushaGirlSoldierOfTheGreatPatrioticWar'' tells the story of a 16-year old living in Kiev in 1941 who joins the partisans and then the Red Army. Written and drawn by Wayne Vansant.
* ''WebComic/KrigRAWR'': Higlhy anachronistic webcomic about warring Dinosaurs.
* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': A story about bootleggers, rumrunners, the mob, and other assorted scallywags in St. Louis, during the Roaring Twenties. ([[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Also, they're cats.]])
* ''Webcomic/LostCause'': Set during the American Civil War, Benjamin Sorderer volunteers for the Confederate army in hopes of proving his courage to his father and himself, and realizes he must sacrifice the things he holds most dear.
* ''Webcomic/LottaSvardWomenOfWar'': A Finnish MilitaryMoe comic following four members of the real-world women's paramilitary organization Lotta Svärd during the Winter War of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, from 1939-40.
* ''Webcomic/LoudEra'': Starting in 1917, Loud Era follows its characters as they finish high school and face the unwelcoming realities of adulthood. Can be read [[http://loudera.smackjeeves.com/ here.]]
* ''Webcomic/LovecraftIsMissing'': It is 1926. Creator/HPLovecraft [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is not where he is supposed to be]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Machiavelli}}'' Found [[http://donmacdonald.com/ here]]. A biography of the infamous Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli with great attention to historical detail.
* ''Webcomic/TheMayhemSisterhood'': A webcomic set in mid-19th Century Paris. Two very different women find themselves fighting together during a period of war and political disruption. Think "Le Miserable 2" with some feminist vibes. Based mostly on actual events. Find it [[http://themayhemsisterhood.net here]].
* ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'': Set in VictorianLondon of 1888 (through time travel). A story about a girl who ends up in the Baker Street Irregulars under the command of Literature/SherlockHolmes in a battle again London's many criminals, particularly UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper
* ''Webcomic/TheMirrorOfSouls'': A Celtic tale of a fish-out-of-water and out of time.
* ''Webcomic/MirrorSense'': Found [[http://mirrorsense.com/ here]]. The story follows an episode of 17th century industrial espionage in which the French attempt to steal the secrets of mirror making from Venice.
* ''Webcomic/MissAbbottAndTheDoctor'': Set in 1895, primarily in an unspecified English-speaking small town.
* ''Webcomic/MonsieurCharlatan'': A broken-hearted PrivateDetective in Paris during TheGreatDepression.
* ''Webcomic/OiTalesOfBardicFury'': Set in an anachronistic version of ancient Ireland, a young bard's mission is to play his songs for a small village.
* ''Webcomic/{{Outsiders}}'': A slice-of-life series which starts in 1986, following the lives of same-sex lovers Ebony Larsson and Siobhan Pattinson as they work to achieve their life's goals.
* ''Webcomic/ThePaulReveres'': In this alternate reality of The American Revolution, battles are fought with electric guitars and loud music! Tension is rising in Boston, as the colonial militia band, The Paul Reveres, square off against the British regiment, The Union Jack-Offs, in this epic radtacular pursuit of life, liberty, and PUNK ROCK!
* ''Webcomic/ThePirateBalthasar'': a pirate adventure with plenty of comedy and romance, set in the XVII century on the Mediterranean Sea. Lots of details and the historical research, trivia behind the story, games etc. are available too, [[http://thepiratebalthasar.blogspot.com/ on the author's blog]].
* ''Webcomic/PoisonIvyGulch'': A gag Western about a frontier town in the 1870s, complete with stock Western characters.
* ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'': A series of short satire comics written by message board users based of historical and modern relationships using balls with flags printed on them rather than people. Usually offensive, silly or nonsensical. Watch out for occasional CerebusSyndrome.
* ''Webcomic/RasputinBarxotka'': A lusty crime drama the explores the Russian underground during the late Soviet period.
* ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'': A dark comedy that takes place during collapse of the Soviet Union.
* ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras'': A neo-noir comic set in an alternate 1920s, centering on a FemmeFatale and an all-female gang.
* ''Webcomic/RumorsOfWar'': A LowFantasy SpriteComic set in the Late Bronze Age, sometime after the Trojan War but before the Classical Period.
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': Like ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', it uses anthromorphic versions of countries as characters. Unlike Hetalia, it chooses to avoid all forms of drama and character development in favour of simplified but historically-accurate comedy. The comic, as you can see by the name, focuses on Scandinavia, specifically the PowerTrio of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and, on a more general (i.e. Nordic) level, on Finland and Iceland. The author herself is Danish so if you ever wanted a glimpse as to the history behind the region and how people from each country view each other, it's worth a look. The author also gives explanations for the cultural and historical in-jokes so don't worry about getting confused.
* ''Webcomic/TheSecondCrimeanWar'': Alternate history about the breakup of the USSR.
* ''Webcomic/{{Shaderunners}}'': A prohibition-era story. Simply replace alcohol with color. Bootlegging, romance, and intrigue galore!
* ''Webcomic/ShiLongPang: The Wandering Shaolin Monk'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title should give you an idea of what it's about]]) features an extremely authentic rendition of 17th-century China. Find it [[http://shilongpang.com/ here]].
* ''Webcomic/SPQRBlues'': A webcomic set in Ancient Rome. Find it [[http://spqrblues.com/ here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Stateball}}'': A spinoff of ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}''.
* ''Webcomic/TabulaCandida'': A gag-per-day comic by a professor of European history, based on his in-class doodles. Find it [[http://tabulacandida.wordpress.com here]].
* ''Webcomic/TalesFromTheMiddleKingdom'': A comic drawn in traditional Chinese brush painting style, based on the historical novel ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''.
* ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheGalli'' : Set in ancient Rome at the time of Constantine the Great.
* ''Webcomic/TheThrillingAdventuresOfLovelaceAndBabbage'': A hilarious comic that posing the ultimate question: What if Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace teamed up to fight crime with their massive Difference Engine?
%% * ''Webcomic/TigressQueen'' [Not historical?]
* ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'': A humor (and sometimes NSFW) comic involving time travel... and the occasional lampooning of historical figures.
* ''Webcomic/TwoPartyOpera''
* ''Webcomic/VapnthjofrSaga'': A historical fantasy comic set in the viking age. An unlikely group gets caught up in a civil war and sent out on a seemingly impossible mission.
* ''Webcomic/VenusInPoints''
* ''Webcomic/TheWaterClock'': Found [[http://thewaterclock.com/ here]]. Follows a would-be scholar and member of the royal family in ancient Egypt.
* ''Webcomic/WhenHeavenSpitsYouOut'': A historical drama set in the early 1970s in the northeast United States.
* ''Webcomic/{{Wilhelmine}}'': A biography of Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, former princess of Prussia and favorite sister of UsefulNotes/FrederickTheGreat.
* ''Webcomic/{{Witchprickers}}'': A medieval Germany webcomic in which a witch and her familiar bat meet a pair of devils.
* ''Webcomic/TheWordWeary'': is USUALLY a slice-of-life comic, but many of the issues take place in the characters' Dungeons and Dragons game... that takes place during the Russian Revolution.
* ''Webcomic/WhispersInTheWind'' A pirate webcomic settled in a sea territory with naval army, pirates, sailors and other sea farers. Clothing, architecture, language and society are influenced by the european 18th century but have sometimes a modern twist.
* ''Webcomic/WithoutMoonlight'' a war drama set during the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War II, a group of Athenians attempt to resist the enemy and pass on vital information that could win the war. Historically accurate situations, settings and backgrounds/architecture/clothing for WWII Greece.
* ''Webcomic/TheWorldInDeeperInspection'' is an UrbanFantasy webcomic set in Victorian England.
* ''Webcomic/ZekesGuidetoHistory'' a monthly webcomic written by a teacher that features an affable dog named Zeke who teaches his adolescent master, Parker, about different events in history and then uses these events to teach modern life applications.

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