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Below is the fictional timeline of major events in the DC Extended Universe.
Key
Event featured in/referred to in:
- Man of Steel (2013)
- - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- - Suicide Squad (2016)
- - Wonder Woman (2017)
- - Justice League (2017)
- - Aquaman (2018)
Timeline
Ancient Times
c. 13,000,000,000 B.C.
- The red star Rao forms in the Andromeda Galaxy.[1]
c. 8,700,000,000 B.C.
c. 7,000,000,000 B.C.
c. 4,600,000,000 B.C.
c. 4,540,000,000 B.C.
c. 3,800,000,000 B.C.
c. 500,000,000 B.C.
c. 6,998,000 B.C.
- Sahara Desert starts to form itselfes in north Africa.[5]
c. 198,000 B.C.
c. 98,000 B.C.
- Kryptonians become the dominant civilized species on Krypton. The Kryptonians begin interstellar expansion by colonizing other planets.[7]
c. 28,000 B.C.
- Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons invade Earth but are stopped by the collective might of Earth's forces, along with the assistance of the Olympian Gods and Yalan Gur. Mankind, the Atlanteans, the Amazons, and the Green Lantern Corps take one Mother Box each for safe-keeping.[8]
19,030 B.C.
18,000s B.C.
- Kara Zor-El is born on Krypton.[9]
18,030 B.C.
- Dev-Em kills Kell-Ur during a training exercise before he is apprehended by Kara Zor-El.[9]
18,020 B.C.
- A Kryptonian vessel, Scout Ship 0344, crash lands on the planet Earth and is left behind by Kara Zor-El.[9]
c. 10,000 B.C.
- Saber-toothed tigers are extincted.[10][11]
4359-4358 B.C.
- The Enchantress appears on Earth.[12]
c. 4000 B.C.
c. 3000 B.C.
800 B.C.
- Classic Greek Era begins.[4]
333 B.C.
- Alexander the Great slices the Gordian Knot with a sword-stroke.[13]
479 A.D.
- The Dark Ages begin.[13]
Early Modern Era
16th Century
- The palace that one day will be known as the Louvre Museum is built.[14]
1543
- Copernican heliocentrism is introduced in Europe.[13]
17th Century
1627
- Renaissance utopian Francis Bacon writes New Atlantis.[4]
1635
- Gotham City is established in New Jersey.[15]
1661
- The city of Metropolis is founded.[1]
18th Century
1776
- Metropolis Police Department is formed.[1]
19th century
1800s
- Wayne Enterprises is founded by the Wayne Family.[16]
1815
- Robinson Park is created in Gotham City.[17]
1820
- Cassidys Pub is established.[1]
1834
- Midway City is founded.[18]
1859
November
24th
- Darwin's theories about evolution are revealed to the public.[13]
1862
- The town of Smallville, Kansas is founded.[1]
1863
- Midway City Police Department is established.[18]
1865
April
9th
- Erich Ludendorff is born.[13]
1867
- Alan Wayne is born.[19]
1871
- The Daily Planet newspaper is founded.[20]
1885
- Charles Wayne is born.[19]
1894
- The Smallville Sentinel newspaper is founded.[1]
1898
- American poet Edith Wills Linn Forbes writes The Lost Atlantis.[4]
Modern times
20th century
1902
- Benjamin Wayne is born.[19]
1907
- Patrick A. Wayne is born.[19]
1914
July
28th
- World War I begins.[13]
1915
- Laura Wayne is born.[19]
1917
July
31th
- Battle of Passchendaele starts. Steve Trevor is involved in the conflict.[14][13]
November
6th
1918
1920s
- A hit song about ice creams is written.[21]
1921
- Ace Chemicals is founded.[22]
1922
- Alan Wayne dies.[19]
1929
- A project consisting of an underground tunnel system running from Gotham City to Metropolis is left unfinished and promptly abandoned.
1939
September
1st
- World War II begins.[13]
1940
June
12th
- Paris and the Louvre Museum are invaded by the Nazis.[14][13]
November
8th
- The movie The Mark of Zorro is released.
1941
- The Rosemont Theater in Gotham opened.[23]
1942
- Thomas Wayne is born.[24]
January
5th
- Charlie Rose is born.[25]
1945
September
2nd
- World War II ends.[13]
1946
- Martha Kane is born.[24]
1947
January
8th
- David Bowie is born.[10]
1951
- Jonathan Kent is born.[1]
1952
- The Daily Planet newspaper moves into its first Metropolis offices.[1]
1954
- Charles Wayne dies.[19]
1955
- Harry Kent Jr. is born.[1]
1957
May
2nd
- Silas Stone is born.[10]
1958
June
7th
October
8th
- Neil deGrasse Tyson is born.[25]
1963
1964
August
- "House of the Rising Sun" is released by The Animals.[18]
October
4th
- The television show Stingray begins broadcasting.[26]
1965
June
27th
- The television show Stingray ends broadcasting.[26]
1966
September
19th
- Soledad O'Brien is born.[25]
1967
June
3rd
- Anderson Cooper is born.[25]
1968
June
3rd
- Waylon Jones is born.[27][28]
December
6th
- "Sympathy for the Devil" is released by the Rolling Stones.[18]
1969
- Benjamin Wayne dies.[19]
1970
August
- "Paranoid" is released by Black Sabbath.[18]
1972
February
19th
- Bruce Wayne is born.
1973
October
21st
- Jonathan Kent and Martha Clark are wed.[1]
1974
- LexCorp Industries is founded by Alexander Luthor Sr.[29]
- Harry Kent Jr dies.[1]
1975
February
24th
- Anatoli Knyazev is born.[24]
October
31st
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" is released by Queen.[18]
1976
October
5th
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is released by AC/DC.[18]
1977
- Patrick A. Wayne died.[19]
- At age 7, Bruce Wayne begins practicing what Alfred would label as "the art of deception".
1978
April
12th
- Floyd Lawton is born.[27][28]
1979
- Laura Wayne dies.[19]
1980
1981
1982
- S.T.A.R. Labs discover and begin to test on one of the three Mother Boxes left after Steppenwolf invaded.[24]
1983
November
14th
- The novel Pet Sematary is published by Stephen King.[10]
1983-1984
- Lex Luthor is born.[30]
1984
1985
1986
January
29th
- Arthur Curry is born.[27]
March
16th
- Tatsu Hikari is born.[28]
1987
- Dick Grayson is born.[24]
April
7th
- Waylon Jones is arrested for assault. He is given a sentence of 10 years and 2 months.[31]
1988
August
17th
- June Moone is born in Washington, DC.
1989
- Atlanna is forced to leave Thomas Curry and their son to go to Atlantis.[32]
- Clark Kent's superpowers emerge while in class one day, and his mother soon arrives to console him.[1]
February
7th
- "She's a Mystery to Me" is released by Roy Orbison.[4]
1990
- Bruce Wayne, now 18 years old, moves out of Wayne Manor, and into The Glasshouse with Alfred Pennyworth.
July
20th
- Harleen Quinzel is born.[27][28]
1991
August
7th
- Waylon Jones is arrested for murder[31]
1992
June
30th
- "Seasons" is released by Chris Cornell.[1]
July
6th
- Floyd Lawton is arrested for extortion. He's given a sentence of 2 years.[31]
September
30th
- Barry Allen is born.[33]
1993
1994
- Bruce Wayne becomes Batman.
June
29th
- Victor Stone is born.[10]
1996
- Jason Todd is born.[24]
1997
- A tornado devastates Smallville, killing Jonathan Kent.[1]
March
31st
- "It's No Good" is released by Depeche Mode.[26]
1998
- The Sword of Alexander is sold on the black market.[24]
- El Diablo begins to use his pyrocynetics powers in his criminal life.
1999
2000
- Luthor Sr. leaves his son, Alexander Luthor Jr.[29]
- Alexander Luthor Jr. becomes CEO of Lexcorp following his father leaving him.[29]
21st Century
2001
- Nora Allen is killed.[34]
2002
- Arthur Curry learns whilst combat training with Nuidis Vulko that Queen Atlanna was allegedly executed for having him, a half-breed son.
January
9th
- Captain Boomerang is arrested for armed robbering. He is given a sentence of 6 years and 6 months.[31]
22th
- Waylon Jones is arrested for kidnapping. He is given a sentence of 4 years and 5 months.[31]
October
1st
- Wonder Woman captures Slipknot after he commited a murder. He's given a sentence of 20 years.[18]
2003
March
- "Seven Nation Army" is released by The White Stripes.[18]
2004
- Zoe Lawton is born.[18]
2005
2006
October
3rd
- Floyd Lawton is arrested for murder.[31]
2007
April
26th
- "Icky Thump" is released by The White Stripes.[10]
2009
2010
2011
- Christopher Weiss was first arrested in 2011 having moved from Alabama to Keystone City to pursue his criminal ambitions.[18]
December
10th
- Waylon Jones is arrested for destruction of propriety. He is given a sentence of 6 years and 11 months.[31]
2012
- NASA sents a mission in Canada, in the same place that one year later the Scout Ship 0344 will be found.[9]
September
18th
- Harley is arrested for grand theft auto, with a sentence of 4 years and 6 months, but breaks out within 2 years.[31]
2013
November
- Birth of superheroe Superman by the Kryptonian Kal-El.
December
- Kryptonian invasion of the Earth organized by General Zod.
- Captured the greatest hit man in the world by Batman, Deadshot.
2014
- Attack on a building in Gotham City organized by the criminal Firefly.
- Captured the couple from Joker, Harley Quinn.
2015
January
9th
- Arrested the metahuman [[Killer
November
13th
- Duel in Gotham City for Batman and Superman.
- Lex Luthor creates Doomsday.
- Death of Superman.
2016
June
15th
- Commissioning the Task Force X.
August
5th
- Battle of Midway City, suicide squad brakes the plans of Enchantress and Incubus.
2017
January
- Steppenwolf makes a second invasion of the Earth in search of the Mother Boxes.
- Foundation of the Justice League.
- The newly founded Justice League, resurrects the deceased Superman.
- Battle of Russia, plan of the Justice League to contain the plans of Steppenwolf.
February
- The ex-businessman Lex Luthor manages to escape from Arkham Asylum by hiring the hit man Deathstroke, with the intention of founding a League.
2018
- A group of pirates commanded by Jesse Kane and his son David attack a submarine.
- King Orm of Atlantis defeated in the Battle of the Brine and coronation of the King Arthur Curry
2019
2020
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Man of Steel
- ↑ In 2017, it is estimated that the Earth is 4.54 billion years old. 4.54 billion years before 2017 is 4,539,997,984 B.C., or c. 4,540,000,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ In 2017, it is estimated that the first life on Earth appeared 3.8 billion years ago. 3.8 billion years before 2017 is 3,799,997,984 B.C., or c. 3,800,000,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Aquaman: Arthur's Guide to Atlantis
- ↑ In 2018, it is estimated that the Sahara Desert began to form itselfes 7 million of years ago. 7 million years before 2018 is 6,997,982 B.C., or c. 6,998,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ In 2017, it is estimated that the first "humans" came from evolution around 200,000 years ago. 200,000 years before 2017 is 197,984 B.C., or c. 198,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ In Man of Steel, Jor-El says that the Kryptonian interplanetary travel lasted for "100,000 years" before their planet was destroyed, dated to 1980. 100,000 years before 1980 is 98,022 B.C., or c. 98,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ It has been reported that the Atlantean, Amazon, and human forces fighting Darkseid was "around 30,000 years ago". With Justice League set in 2016, 30,000 years before 2016 is 27,985 B.C., or c. 28,000 B.C. to 3 significant figures of approximation.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Man of Steel Prequel
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Justice League
- ↑ In the Stones' apartament is visible a saber-toothed tiger skull.
- ↑ In Suicide Squad, in a scene set in June 2016, it is shown that Enchantress' age is "6373". This means she was born between mid-4359 B.C. and mid-4358 B.C.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 This is an event from real world history, referenced in the DC Extended Universe.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel (February 16, 2016). Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Gotham City). United States: Time Out. p. 8.
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel (February 16, 2016). Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Gotham City). United States: Time Out. p. 45.
- ↑ Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 Suicide Squad
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 Empire magazine revealed a photograph of Bruce Wayne in his family crypts. This contains dates of birth and death for Wayne family members.
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel (February 16, 2016). Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Metropolis). United States: Time Out. p. 33.
- ↑ Mercedes-Benz Presents: Justice League - Pit Stop
- ↑ Wolfman, Marv (2016). Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization. Titan Books.
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel (February 16, 2016). Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Gotham City). United States: Time Out. p. 52.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Sometimes the DC Extended Universe alludes to people who exists in our world, and it is assumed they were born on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Aquaman
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Suicide Squad
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 A.R.G.U.S. website
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Fortune - Lex Luthor: Not Just His Father's LexCorp
- ↑ In Fortune - Lex Luthor: Not Just His Father's LexCorp, from October 2015, and set not long before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2015, it is said that Luthor is "31". This would mean he was born in 1983 or 1984.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.7 Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever
- ↑ Aquaman: Undertow
- ↑ Barry Allen was born on September 30, 1992.
- ↑ In Justice League, it is said that Nora Allen was killed when Barry was 9. With Barry's date of birth reported as September 30, 1992, this means she was killed between September 30, 2001 and September 29, 2002.
- ↑ File:LexCorp promo - Batman file.png
- ↑ Warner Bros. Plotting 'Nightwing' Movie With 'Lego Batman Movie' Director (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ [1]
Start a Discussion Discussions about Timeline
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Is Diana really 5,000 years old???
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But it's fan speculation to quantify it so definitely, as opposed to using canonical events as a basis for the timeline when it comes...
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Fair enough. All I said was that Diana has to be thousands of years old. I didn't give a specific number.
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