R: How to create ggplot based timeline

Question

I need ggplot based timeline. Something similar to gvisTimeline but simplified. Currently there is no way to install more packages, so I am limited to what I already have.

I need to visualize multiple events (around 40) with start and end in around 12 hours. Overlapping and with different duration. The data looks like

Name,Start,End
event1,08/04/2020 17:45:18,08/04/2020 18:45:18 
event2,08/04/2020 20:45:18,08/04/2020 21:00:18 
event3,08/04/2020 21:00:00,09/04/2020 00:30:18 
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Thank you :)

Answer 1

I think the easiest way to do this is by hacking a boxplot:

ggplot(df, aes(x = Name, y = Start, fill = Name)) + 
  geom_boxplot(aes(lower = Start, ymin = Start, ymax = End, upper = End, middle = End), 
               stat = "identity", width=0.5) + 
  coord_flip()