Timeline

## Universe Timeline

* The Red Sun later named *Rao* forms.

**8,700,000,000 BC**

* Planet Krypton forms.

**4,500,000,000 BC**

* The Yellow Sun later named *Sol* forms.
* The planet Earth forms.

**100,000 BC**

* Humanoid Kryptonians evolve into dominant civilized species on planet Krypton.

**25,000 BC**

* Kryptonian's begin travelling far reaches of space.

* Dev-Em kills Kell-Ur during a training exercise before he is apprehended by Kara Zor-El.
* Massive Terraforming Project begins on planet Krypton sending a 1000 ships through the universe.

**18,615 BC**

* A Kryptonian vessel crash lands on the planet Earth and is left behind by Kara Zor-El.

**4,297 BC**

* Dzamor and Incubus are born.

**3,000 BC** circa

* Diana is born to King of the Olympian Gods Zeus and Queen of the Amazons Hippolyta.

### 17th Century

**1635**

* Gotham City is established.

**1661**

* City of Metropolis is established.

### 18th Century

**1776**

* Metropolis Police Department is formed.

### 19th Century

**1807**

* Gotham City Police Department is formed.

**1834**

* Midway City is established.

**1862**

* Town of Smallville is established by Ezra Small.

**1863**

* Midway City Police Department is established.

**1871**

* Daily Planet begins publishing.

**1885**

* Charles Wayne is born.

* Smallville Sentinel begins publishing.
* Alan Wayne is born.

#### 20th Century

**1914**

* War World I begins

**1918**

* War World I ends

**1920**

* Thomas Wayne is born

* Martha Wayne is born

**1926**

* Thanagar and Krypton become allies

**1929**

* Thanagar and the Gordanians go into war
* Alfred Pennyworth is born

**1946**

* Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne marry
* Martha Kent is born
* Johnathan Kent is born
* Thomas Wayne takes full control of Wayne Enterprises

**1949**

* Dexter Queen is born
* Mary Queen is born

**1960**

* Perry White is born

**1962**

* Johnathan Kent and Martha Kent marry

**1964**

* Bruce Wayne is born to billionaire parents Thomas and Martha Wayne

**1972**

* Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered in front of Bruce Wayne
* Bruce Wayne taken into legal custody of Alfred Pennyworth
* General Zod creates the sword of Rao to overthrow the Kryptonian Law Council
* Kal-El is born to parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van
* Battle for Krypton: Sword of Rao's forces battle against the Kryptonian Warrior Guild.
* Jor-El steals codex and places it inside Kal-El. Jor-El dies.
* Kal-El is launched to Earth.
* General Zod and his followers are sent to the phantom zone
* Krypton explodes
* Kal-El's ship lands in the Kent's corn field. The Kent's adopt Kal-El and name him "Clark Kent".
* Lana Lang is born
* Oliver Queen is born to Robert and Moriah Queen
* Dinah Laurel Lance is born to Kurt and Dinah Lance

**1977**

* Bruce Wayne leaves to train to become a crime fighter
* Lucius Fox becomes temporary CEO of Wayne Enterprises

**1980**

* Barry Allen is born to Henry and Nora Allen
* Dinah Laurel Lance is born to Kurt and Dinah Lance

**1981**

* Clark begins gaining his super powers

**1984**

* A bus containing Clark Kent, and Lana Lang crashes over a bridge. Clark saves the bus, revealing his super strength powers

**1989**

* Bruce Wayne takes on the persona of "Batman", becoming a larger than life vigilante
* Bruce Wayne takes ownership of Wayne Enterprises

* Lucius Fox becomes a board member of Wayne Enterprises
* Batman fights the Red Hood Gang at ACE Chemicals
* Batman meets the Joker
* Batman makes a partnership with Captain Gordon

**1990**

* Killings around Gotham City begin to surface
* Batman gets blamed for the string of murders around the city, and is chased by the GCPD
* Batman proves his innocence, and begins hunting the murderer
* James Gordon becomes the commissioner of the GCPD
* The murderer is revealed to be Andrea Beaumont
* Andrea goes to kill the Joker, but is beaten in a fight
* Batman arrives to fight Joker, but loses him in a chase
* Joker tries to escape but is stopped by Batman
* Andrea takes Joker away, as the amusement mile explodes
* Joker and Andrea fight in the sewer system, only for Joker to escape

* Andrea is never seen by Batman again

**1992**

* Bruce Wayne attends the "Flying Graysons", acrobat show

* Mary and John Grayson are murdered by Tony Zucco, during their show
* Dick Grayson witnesses their murder
* Batman kidnaps Robin, to keep him away from the corrupt GCPD
* Dick Grayson takes on the persona of "Robin", and joins Batman on his war against crime
* Bruce Wayne adopts Dick Grayson

**1994**

* "Spawn" appears in Gotham City, for the first time
* Batman encounters Spawn, in a heated fight
* Batman and Spawn form a uneasy relationship
* Malebolgia frees all the inmates of "Arkham Asylum"
* Batman and Spawn take down Malebolgia
* Barbara Gordon takes on the persona of "Batgirl"
* Batgirl begins working side by side with Batman and Robin
* Clark Kent saves workers from a burning oil rig

**1995**

* US military picks up a alien transmission from General Zod

* Clark Kent activates Scout Ship and uses Command Key to activate Jor-El hologram who provides him information his heritage as Kal-El.
* General Zod arrives in Earth's atmosphere
* Kal-El surrenders to military and is handed over to General Zod
* Superman battles Zod's forces in Smallville
* Zod unleashes World Engine and Black Zero on Earth. Kal-El destroys World Engine
* Col. Nathan Hardy and Emil Hamilton crash a plane with Kal-El's Spaceship into Black Zero creating a black hole that sends Zod's men back to Phantom Zone
* Superman battles General Zod in Metropolis
* Superman kills Zod
* Clark Kent begins working for the daily planet
* Bruce Wayne witnesses the events in Metropolis
* Superman becomes a public hero

**1996**

* The events of "The Laughing Fish" occur
* Superman's statue comes up in "Heroes Park"

**1997**

* The events of "The Killing Joke" occur
* Oliver Queen becomes Green Arrow
* Robin leaves Batman
* Barbara Gordon dies, but returns, revealing her death was a front

**1999**

* Bruce Wayne takes in the orphan, Jason Todd
* Jason Todd becomes the second Robin
* Nightwing makes his first appearance in Gotham City
* Joker kills Harley Quinn
* Batman and Spawn become full time partners
* Spawn begins living in Gotham City
* Batman meets Killswitch

### **21st Century**

**2000**

* Superman fights Metallo for the first time
* Green Arrow meets Black Canary

* Superman takes down Cyborg Superman
* Batman sees Nightwing for the first time, but doesn't talk with him
* Spawn begins to lose his mind
* Batman and Killswitch head to Metropolis to take files from LexCorp
* Batman and Killswitch are chased by the MPD and LexCorp goons
* Superman stops the entire fiasco, Batman and Killswitch flee

**2001**

* Jason Todd begins distancing himself away from Batman
* Robin/Jason Todd begins striking out against Batman's no kill rule, and leaves Batman for a extended period
* Batman catches up with Robin and calms him down
* Robin pursues Joker, in a case he was working with Batman
* Joker captures Robin
* Joker kills Jason Todd/Robin
* Batman begins killing
* Spawn and Batman have multiple arguments
* Superman and Metallo destroy a section of Metropolis
* Spawn strikes out at Batman for being a hypocrite, and they fight
* Batman and Spawn have three fights
* In the last fight, Batman kills Spawn, using Azrael's holy sword
* Batman decides to kill Superman next, for being as reckless as Spawn
* Batman, using the Batmobile, chases a LexCorp truck, transporting Kryptonite
* Superman stops Batman, and confronts him
* Batman heads to a LexCorp facility and steals the Kryptonite
* Batman makes Kryptonite weapons
* Lex Luthor threatens Superman, and forces him to fight Batman
* Batman and Superman fight, only to stop, after being explained the situation, and seeing his wrongs
* Batman clears his mind, and helps Superman stop Lex Luthor
* Lex Luthor escapes
* Batman and Superman form a uneasy alliance
* Batman and Nightwing have a fight over Barbara's death
* Batman and Nightwing become partners again, after the reveal that Barbara is alive
* The Particle Accelerator explodes in Central City
* Barry Allen becomes "The Flash"

**2002**

* Batman meets Green Arrow
* Batman meets Green Lantern
* Tim Drake becomes the third Robin
* Batman meets The Flash
* Green Lantern and Batman take down three Yellow Lantern corp. members
* Batman meets Wonder Woman
* Doomsday arrives on Earth
* Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Green Arrow fight Doomsday
* Superman is killed in the fight
* Batman forms the Justice League
* Ra's Al Ghul brings Jason Todd back to life
* Damian Wayne is born

**2003**

* Green Lantern meets a Superman clone, 'Superboy'
* The Flash meets the Reverse-Flash
* Green Arrow meets Damien Darhk
* John Diggle finds out Green Arrow is Oliver Queen
* A war between the Amazons and Lord Hades forces begins
* Jason Todd becomes Red Hood

**2004**

* Batman meets Red Hood
* The events of Under the Red Hood take place
* Red Hood joins the Bat-Family
* The Flash erases future Eobard Thawne from the timeline

**2005**

* The Justice League has their first semi-official mission
* The events of Batman/Superman: Apokolips take place, this time with Darkseid's name only being referenced
* The war between the Amazonian war continues, with Diana taking a leave of absence from the Justice League.
* Spawn comes back to life
* "Hell Night" occurs
* Red Hood leaves Gotham
* A covert team is formed by the Justice League, featuring young heroes
* Nightwing meets Starfire
* The Flash meets Zoom
* Scarecrow dies

**2006**

* Azrael goes missing
* The Flash meets Captain Cold
* The Flash meets Mirror Master
* Nightwing kills a vigilante named "Punisher"
* Dracula is brought to life by Silencer
* Dracula fights Batman, Nightwing and Spawn
* Spawn reveals himself to Batman
* Killswitch meets Cardinal
* Starfire births two boys
* Superman's body is stolen from his grave
* Brainiac invades Earth, and fights the Justice League
* Aquaman suprises the Justice League, and helps them
* The Justice League meets Martian Manhunter
* Superman returns during the fight, and helps take down Brainiac
* Superman, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter join the Justice League
* Diana returns to the League
* The Watchtower is set up
* The Dollmaker begins kidnapping children from Gotham City
* The Smile begins operating in Star City
* Zoom breaks The Flash's back
* Aquaman meets Black Manta's forces
* Starfire tells Nightwing, that the children are his
* Nightwing quits being Nightwing
* Spawn and Killswitch form the team named the "Vindicators"
* Azrael is revealed to be Thomas Wayne Jr.
* The Justice League stops Joker from blowing up Gotham City
* Joker blows up the hospital, and two buildings killing Nightwing's children, Starfire, and 137 civilians
* Spawn stops Batman from beating Joker to death
* Batman breaks into Arkham and brands the Joker
* The GCPD goes to hunt for Batman
* Batman apologizes to the GCPD, and ends the search
* Spawn tells Batman he has tracked the kidnappings of Gotham to Rat City
* Batman goes to Rat City, and finds Dollmaker's hideout
* Joker follows Batman, and tracks him down
* Joker and his thugs kill Cogliostro
* Batman stops Spawn from killing Joker
* Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing again
* Oracle begins working with Nightwing full time
* Joker has Dollmaker cut off his face
* The Vindicators fight Solomon Grundy
* Superman saves the Vindicators
* Batman goes to threaten the Vindicators

* The Justice League goes on a mission in the Arctic Circle
* Gordon Godfrey goes to Apokolips, revealing he is not human
* Darkseid makes his first appearance
* Godfrey tells Darkseid about the Justice League and their weaknesses
* Darkseid corrupts Superman's mind, forcing him to turn on the Justice League
* Darkseid gets ready to invade Earth
* Darkseid invades Earth, but is defeated by the Justice League
* Superman leaves Earth

**2007**

* Firestorm joins the Justice League
* Oswald Cobblepot becomes Mayor of Gotham City
* Bane, Riddler, Two Face, and Penguins gangs engage in gang wars
* Bane kills Alfred
* Batman kills Bane
* Tim Drake quits Robin and becomes Red Robin
* Bane's body, and seperate head is retrieved by the league of assasins.
* Black Canary joins the Justice League
* Oliver Queen and Dinah Laurel Lance get Married
* William Jonas Queen was born
* The Question joins the Justice League
* Huntress joins the Justice League
* Joker attempts to bring Dracula back to life, but is stopped by Batman
* Superman returns to the Justice League
* Killswitch goes rouge due to CADMUS programming
* The Justice League + Swamp Thing defeats Killswitch and CADMUS
* Scarecrow comes back to life
* Scarecrow takes over the Asylum
* Scarecrow is killed again by Ghost Rider

**2008**

* The events of Justice League "DOOM" take place this time put in place by V. Savage + Darkseid
* The Justice League expands to 75 members, as the "Justice League: Unlimited" era begins
* Supergirl begins operating in Metropolis full-time
* The Justice League Dark team is formed
* Spawn retires from his duties as a crimefighter
* Bane is reanimated by the League of Assasins, and trains to kill Batman once and for all
* The events of Justice League: Unlimted season one take place
* The events of Batman: Knightfall take place putting Batman out of commission
* The Batfamily protects the city of Gotham
* Superman and Supergirl are forced to fight eachother due to Darkseid's continued mental control of Superman
* The war between the Amazons and Lord Hades forces finally concludes with Diana killing Lord Hades
* Green Lantern "John Stewart" begins to operate in Detroit
* The Joker goes MIA after the disappearance of Batman