- "Look at this. We could have built a new Krypton in this squalor, but you chose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born."
- ―Dru-Zod to Kal-El[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred in 2013.
Events[]
January[]
20th[]
- The presidency of an unnamed president of the United States begins.[1][2][3]
June[]
14th[]
- A TIME newspaper edition has this date printed incorrectly after the Kryptonian invasion of December.[4]
19th[]
- "Black Skinhead" is released by Kanye West.[3]
24th[]
- NASA retrieves first energy data from an alien vessel on Ellesmere Island.[5]
July[]
11th[]
August[]
29th[]
- An incident occurs on the LexCorp Tower construction site in Metropolis. It will be the last for 106 days.[7]
September[]
1st-15th[]
- Barry Allen begins studying in Central City College.[8][9]
29th[]
- Barry Allen is struck by lightning bolt around chemicals in the Central City Research Center, gaining powers through the Speed Force.[9]
October[]
- Clark Kent teams up with the Debbie Sue's crew at Dutch Harbor.[7][10]
12th[]
- A issue of The Topeka Capital-Journal regarding the actions of Superman is released with this incorrect date.[11][12][13]
November[]
13th[]
- U.S. Military discover an alien vessel on Ellesmere Island.[7][13]
23rd[]
- The NSA records Aquaman near the Tonga trench, where the Atlantean is found in the wreckage of a sunken ship. Curry attacks one UUV drone with his trident, while another drone records him swimming away at high speed, causing a sonic boom in his wake.[2]
Bright Aurora on fire.
24th[]
- Rescue at the Bright Aurora: Clark Kent saves a group of workers from a flaming Bright Aurora.[7]
26th[]
- Clark Kent gets a job as a busboy at a truck stop Fbar.[7]
- Clark overhears a pair of soldiers talking about a discovery made on Ellesmere Island. At the same time one of the bar's patrons, a drunk trucker named Ludlow, begins harassing Clark's coworker, a waitress named Chrissy. Clark intervenes, asking him to leave, but Ludlow proceeds to throw an entire pitcher of beer into Clark's face. As Clark prepares to retaliate, Chrissy instead tells him that it wasn't worth the trouble. Agreeing, Clark begins to leave when Ludlow comments that he'd forgotten his 'tip', throwing a beer can at his back.[7]
- While Ludlow is still drinking in the pub, Clark impales his rig on the logs it was carrying.[7]
Lois Lane enters in the Kryptonian spaceship.
28th[]
- Lois Lane arrives in a northern region in Canada to investigate a unique discovery that had been unearthed and is currently being kept under-wraps from the public by the military. Lois then meets with Colonel Hardy, Dr. Hamilton, and Officer Sedowsky, who inform her that a mysterious object buried deep within the ice is thousands of years old.[7]
- Clark Kent discovers his heritage as Kal of the House of El.[7][13]
- Lois Lane, while investigating the spaceship, is attacked and wounded by a Service robot. Clark Kent saves here and takes the spaceship away.[7][13]
29th[]
Lois Lane talks with Woodburn.
30th[]
- Editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet Perry White refuses to print Lois Lane's Arctic accounts, since the military and Pentagon itself were denying the story even occurred, and Lois has no solid proof.[7]
- Lois, not wanting to drop the story of her alien rescuer, seeks out gossip journalist Glen Woodburn to spread the story all over the internet while she retraces the steps of her rescuer.[7]
December[]
2nd[]
- The animated series Rick and Morty is first aired.[14]
5th[]
- Nelson Mandela dies.[15][3]
10th[]
- Lois Lane interviews Pete Ross, which leads her directly to Martha Kent, where she learns the name of her rescuer Clark Kent. She encounters Kent in the cemetery, where he tells her why he doesn't want to be told to the world. Lane comes to respect and admire Kent for what he's doing and, full of compassion for him, selflessly decides to drop the story.[7]
12th[]
- Zod's message: General Dru-Zod and the Sword of Rao arrives on Earth's orbit, send a planetary broadcast signal, taking over every screen on the planet and broadcasting a warning message where threatens to Kal-El to surrender.[7]
- Kal-El and Lois Lane are taken aboard a Black Zero dropship by Faora-Ul and presented to General Dru-Zod. The two have their minds probed before Zod and his forces head to Earth in search of the Growth codex growth.[7]
13th[]
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- Escape from Black Zero: Superman and Lois Lane escape after inserting the command key into Black Zero.[7]
- Showdown in Smallville: After attacking Martha Kent, Kal-E battles General Zod, Faora-Ul and Nam-Ek with intervention from the U.S. military before the hostile aliens retreat to their ship. Kal-El gains the trust of the military.[7]
Superman attempts to stop Zod Dru-Zod.
- Black Zero Event:
- General Dru-Zod attempts to terraform Earth into a new Krypton, but is stopped by Superman.[7][16][17]
- Bruce Wayne descends from his helicopter in Metropolis and watches the destruction of the city by the Black Zero. He heproceeds to drive through the city while calling his employee Jack O'Dwyer to evacuate the Wayne Tower.[2][16]
- Barry Allen arrives in Metropolis with a homemade suit to help in the destruction of the city, but is only able to save a child from the Black Zero.[9]
- Wallace Keefe loses his legs during the destruction of Metropolis.[2]
- General Dru-Zod attempts to terraform Earth into a new Krypton, but is stopped by Superman.[7][16][17]
Swanwick talks to Superman.
- After realizing that the military is spying on him using drones, Superman grabs one and slams it into the ground in front of Swanwick's car before telling him to convince Washington D.C. to trust him and that he's on their side but on his own terms.[7]
- TIME publishes an important article regarding the Kryptonian invasion.[4]
- Freddy Freeman collects this TIME issue.[4]
References[]
- ↑ The President mentioned in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad was active during the 2013-2017 term, implying that his presidency begun in January 20th====, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Suicide Squad
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shazam!
- ↑ ''Man of Steel Prequel
- ↑ Peacemaker: 1.01: A Whole New Whirled
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 Man of Steel
- ↑ Justice League
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Flash
- ↑ Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization
- ↑ Man of Steel deleted scenes
- ↑ Man of Steel Prop Lois Lane newspaper
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Man of Steel spans some time from beginning to end. During the scenes in the Arctic, Lois' camera says "11/28/2013". The Black Zero Event then occurs a little after this, and then Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice shows that "18 months later", Kryptonite is found. Later in the film, Bruce says, during the main events, "The first sample [of Kryptonite] big enough to mean something turned up in the Indian Ocean 3 months ago." This therefore takes the film to approximately fall 2015. In the film, it is shown that Lex Luthor's party will be on "November 1st", suggesting it is November 1, 2015. This matches the fact that Superman flies off that evening to save someone during Día de Muertos celebrations, which would have started on the night of November 1–2, 2015. Later, it is shown on Diana's computer that it is "11:29pm" on "November 12th". This matches as November 12, 2015. This would suggest that the kryptonite was found in August 2015, and then the Black Zero Event was in February 2014. However, Bruce, Lex, and a TV report all refer, during the main events of the film, to the Black Zero Event being "2 years" ago. This would suggest it was in 2013, and there does not seem to be 3 months between the Arctic scenes and the Black Zero Event in Man of Steel. It can be taken that the Black Zero Event was in late December 2013, a month after the Arctic, and 2 years before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in November 2015. The kryptonite was then found a little over 18 months later, around July 2015, and then a little over 3 months later is the main events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in November 2015. This also matches with it being several months before the events of Suicide Squad, as is implied in that film - which dates itself to June–August 2016.
- ↑ Justice League
- ↑ Sometimes the DC Extended Universe alludes to people who exists or existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born and died on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Man of Steel spans some time from beginning to end. During the scenes in the Arctic, Lois' camera says "11/28/2013". The Black Zero Event then occurs a little after this, and then Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice shows that "18 months later", Kryptonite is found. Later in the film, Bruce says, during the main events, "The first sample [of Kryptonite] big enough to mean something turned up in the Indian Ocean 3 months ago." This therefore takes the film to approximately fall 2015. In the film, it is shown that Lex Luthor's party will be on "November 1st====", suggesting it is November 1, 2015. This matches the fact that Superman flies off that evening to save someone during Día de Muertos celebrations, which would have started on the night of November 1–2, 2015. Later, it is shown on Diana's computer that it is "11:29pm" on "November 12th====". This matches as November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Newspaper
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