diff --git a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
index ba701ed6a..1b1713716 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
         self.uistate = DisplayState(self.window, self.statusbar,
                                     self.uimanager, self)
 
+        # Create history objects
+        for nav_type in ('Person', 'Family', 'Event', 'Place', 'Source',
+                         'Citation', 'Repository', 'Note', 'Media'):
+            self.uistate.register(self.dbstate, nav_type, 0)
+
         self.dbstate.connect('database-changed', self.uistate.db_changed)
 
         self.tags = Tags(self.uistate, self.dbstate)