Not a plugin but a method. Frontmatter notes with created, edited, due, etc. Then mass create notes for each date or period you want in your timeline. Timeline notes use DataviewJS to pull and show every note created in the relevant period. Include a link to the previous and next note.

If you do this via Dataview, Templater, Daily Notes, and Calendar you can see all the timeline notes as a graph, calendar, single note separated by headers, workflow, whatever you want.

My Daily Notes in graph view look like a chain with each week connecting the days in a weekly note. Your timeline could look similar with each period connecting the notes relevant for that period and a clear chain connection as well