Below lists a timeline of the chronological events in the DC Comics Extended Universe.
Real world timeline
For full list of media see: List of released Media
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Universe timeline
Early History
13,000,000,000 BC circa
- The Red Sun later named Rao forms. (Man of Steel)
8,700,000,000 BC circa
- Planet Krypton forms. (Man of Steel)
4,500,000,000 BC circa
- The Yellow Sun later named Sol forms. (Man of Steel)
- The planet Earth forms. (Man of Steel)
3,800,000,000 BC circa
- Life emerges on Earth. (Man of Steel)
198,000 BDC circa
- Zeus creates Humans. (Wonder Woman)
100,000 BC circa
- Humanoid Kryptonians evolve into dominant civilized species on planet Krypton. (Man of Steel)
25,000 BC circa
- Kryptonian's begin travelling far reaches of space. (Man of Steel)
- Dev-Em kills Kell-Ur during a training exercise before he is apprehended by Kara Zor-El. (Man of Steel Prequel)
- Massive Terraforming Project begins on planet Krypton sending a 1000 ships through the universe. (Man of Steel Prequel)
- A Kryptonian vessel crash lands on the planet Earth and is left behind by Kara Zor-El. (Man of Steel Prequel)
- The Enchantress and Incubus are born. (Suicide Squad)
3,000 BC circa
- Invasion of Earth (Justice League)
- War of Olympus(Wonder Woman)
- Diana is born to King of the Olympian Gods Zeus and Queen of the Amazons Hippolyta. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Atlantis sinks. (Aquaman)
17th Century
- Gotham City is established. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- City of Metropolis is established. (Man of Steel)
18th Century
- Metropolis Police Department is formed. (Man of Steel)
19th Century
- Alan Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Midway City is established. (Suicide Squad)
- Town of Smallville is established by Ezra Small. (Man of Steel)
- Midway City Police Department is established. (Suicide Squad)
- Daily Planet begins publishing. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Charles Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Smallville Sentinel begins publishing. (Man of Steel)
20th Century
- Benjamin Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Patrick Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
July 18, 1914
- World War I begins. (Wonder Woman)
- Laura Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
November 11, 1918
- World War I ends. (Wonder Woman)
- Armistice Day (Wonder Woman)
- Gotham Iron Foundry Company is established. (Justice League)
- Ace Chemicals is founded. (Suicide Squad)
1922
- Alan Wayne dies. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- The Rosemont Theater opens in Gotham City. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Thomas Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Martha Wayne is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Jonathan Kent is born. (Man of Steel)
- The Daily Planet moves into the Daily Planet Building. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Charles Wayne dies. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Harry Kent Jr is born. (Man of Steel)
June 3, 1968
- Waylon Jones is born. (Suicide Squad)
- Benjamin Wayne dies. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Bruce Wayne is born to billionaire parents Thomas and Martha Wayne. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
October 21, 1973
- Jonathan Kent marries Martha. (Man of Steel)
- Harry Kent Jr dies. (Man of Steel)
- Alexander Luthor, Sr. creates the petrochemical company LexCorp Industries. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
February 24, 1975
- Anatoli Knyazev is born in Russia. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Patrick Wayne dies. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
December 4, 1978
- Floyd Lawton is born. (Suicide Squad)
- Laura Wayne dies. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- General Zod creates Sword of Rao to overthrow Kryptonian Law Council. (Man of Steel)
- Kal-El is born to parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van. (Man of Steel)
- Battle for Krypton (Man of Steel)
- Jor-El steals codex and places it inside Kal-El. Jor-El dies. (Man of Steel)
- Kal-El is launched to Earth. (Man of Steel)
- General Zod and his followers are placed in Phantom Zone. (Man of Steel)
- Destruction of Krypton (Man of Steel)
- Phantom Zone breaks freeing Zod and his followers on Black Zero. (Man of Steel)
- Jonathan and Martha Kent discover a crashed Alien ship in their cornfield containing a small boy who they take in and adopt as 'Clark Kent'. (Man of Steel)
- Pete Ross is born. (Man of Steel)
- Lana Lang is born. (Man of Steel)
- Whitney Fordham is born. (Man of Steel)
- Kenneth Braverman is born. (Man of Steel)
June 3, 1981
- Chato Santana is born. (Suicide Squad)
- Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne are murdered outside the Aragon Theatre in Gotham City by Joe Chill. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Bruce Wayne taken into legal custody of Alfred Pennyworth. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
June 19, 1982
- A Mother Box is found on Earth and taken into United States of America Government possession. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
February 23, 1984
- Christopher Weiss is born. (Suicide Squad)
December 9, 1985
- George Harkness is born. (Suicide Squad)
March 16, 1986
- Tatsu Yamashiro is born. (Suicide Squad)
April 17, 1988
- June Moone is born. (Suicide Squad)
September 12, 1988
- Clark Kent's super powers emerge for the first time. (Man of Steel)
- Clark Kent's Super Hearing, X-Ray Vision and Heat Vision go off for the first time at Weisinger Public School. (Man of Steel)
July 20, 1990
- Harleen Quinzel is born. (Suicide Squad)
September 30, 1992
- Barry Allen is born to parents Henry and Nora Allen. (Suicide Squad)
October, 1993
- A school bus containing Clark Kent, Lana Lang, Pete Ross and Whitney Fordham crashes over a bridge. Clark Kent reveals his powers to save the bus. (Man of Steel)
- Jonathan shows Clark his ship and reveals to him that he is an alien. (Man of Steel)
- Victor Stone is born. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Bruce Wayne creates the persona "Batman", a larger then life vigilante. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
April 19, 1997
- Huge tornado hits Smallville, Jonathan Kent is killed. (Man of Steel)
21st Century
- Alexander Luthor, Sr. dies and Alexander Luthor, Jr. becomes CEO of LexCorp. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Zoe Lawton is born to Assassin Floyd Lawton. (Suicide Squad)
- Whilst on her first field expedition, Dr June Moone becomes possessed by the Enchanctress. (Suicide Squad)
November, 2013
- US Military pick up an alien signal on Ellesmere Island. (Man of Steel)
- Clark Kent saves workers on a burning Oil Rig. (Man of Steel)
December 2013
- Clark Kent activates Scout Ship and uses Command Key to activate Jor-El hologram who provides him information his heritage as Kal-El. (Man of Steel)
- General Zod arrives in Earth's atmosphere. (Man of Steel)
- Kal-El surrenders to military and is handed over to General Zod. (Man of Steel)
- Battle of Smallville (Man of Steel)
- Zod unleashes World Engine and Black Zero on Earth. Kal-El destroys World Engine. (Man of Steel)
- Black Zero Event (Man of Steel)
- 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. (Man of Steel)
- Battle of Metropolis (Man of Steel)
- Clark Kent begins working at the Daily Planet. (Man of Steel)
October 13, 2014
- Joker kills Monster T. (Suicide Squad)
- Batman captures Harley Quinn. (Suicide Squad)
- The Superman Statue is erected in Heroes Park. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
August 2015
- A large piece of Kryptonite is found in the Indian ocean. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Lois Lane is held captive by Nairomi terrorists, but is saved by Superman. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Lex Luthor activates the Scout Ship using General Zod's fingerprints. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
November 1, 2015
- Superman rescues a girl from a deadly fire at the Day of the Dead in Mexico. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
November, 2015
November 12, 2015
- Bruce Wayne & Diana discover the existence of Metahumans in the form of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry & Victor Stone. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
November 13, 2015
- Lex Luthor kidnaps Martha Kent. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Showdown in Gotham City (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Lex Luthor creates Doomsday mixing his own DNA with that of General Zod in the Scout Ship. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Batman rescues Martha Kent.
- Battle Against Doomsday (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- The Death of Superman (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
2015
- Lex Luthor is placed in prison before Batman has him sent to Arkham Asylum. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- Funeral of Superman is held at Heroes Park. Funeral for Clark Kent is held at Smallville Cemetery. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
- June Moone is rescued by Richard Flag, Jr. (Suicide Squad)
December 2015
- Batman catpures Floyd Lawton. (Suicide Squad)
August 2, 2016
- Dzamor takes over June Moone and releases her brother Incubus and finds him a host. (Suicide Squad)
- Dzamor and Incubus begin a process to take over the world in Midway City. (Suicide Squad)
August 4, 2016
- Amanda Waller recruits Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Diablo, Boomerang & Slipknot into Task Force X led by Richard Flag, Jr.. (Suicide Squad)
August 5, 2016
August, 2016
- Joker breaks Harley Quinn out of prison. (Suicide Squad)
- Bruce Wayne meets with Amanda Waller for information on Metahumans. (Suicide Squad)