Below is the fictional timeline of major events in the DC Extended Universe.
Key
Event featured in/ referred to in:
- Template:MoS - Man of Steel (2013)
- Template:BvS - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Template:SQ - Suicide Squad (2016)
- Template:WW - Wonder Woman (2017)
Timeline
Ancient Times
- c.8,700,000,000 BC - The formation of the planet Krypton.Template:MoS
- c.4,510,000,000 BC - The planet Earth forms.Template:MoS
- c.5,000,000 BC - Humans evolve on Earth and found the first primitive civilizations.Template:MoS
- c.100,000 BC - Kryptonians become the dominant civilized species on Krypton.Template:MoS
- c.25,000 BC - The Kryptonians begin interplanetary travel and colonizing other planets.Template:MoS
- 18,625 BC - A Kryptonian scout ship crash lands in the Arctic area of Earth.Template:MoS
Early Modern Era
- 1635 - Gotham City is established.
- 1661 - The city of Metropolis is founded.
Modern Times
- 1862 - The town of Smallville, Kansas is founded.
- 1871 - The Daily Planet newspaper is founded.Template:BvS
- 1885 - Charles Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- 1894 - The Smallville Sentinel newspaper is founded.
- 1902 - Benjamin Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- 1907 - Patrick A. Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- 1914 - World War I begins.Template:WW
- 1915 - Laura Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- 1918 - World War I ends.Template:WW
- 1941 - The Rosemont Theater in Gotham opened.Template:BvS
- 1946 - Martha Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- 1951 - Jonathan Kent is born.Template:MoS
- 1952 - The Daily Planet newspaper moves into its present offices.Template:BvS
- 1954 - Charles Wayne died.Template:BvS
- 1955 - Harry Kent Jr. is born.Template:MoS
- 1969 - Benjamin Wayne died.Template:BvS
- 1973 - Jonathan Kent and Martha Clark wed.Template:MoS
- 1974
- LexCorp is founded by Alexander Luthor Sr.Template:BvS
- Bruce Wayne is born.Template:BvS
- Harry Kent Jr dies.Template:MoS
- 1975 - February 24: Anatoli Knyazev is born.Template:BvS
- 1977 - Patrick A. Wayne died.Template:BvS
- 1979 - Laura Wayne died.Template:BvS
- 1980
- Superman is born to Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van and sent to Earth.Template:MoS
- General Zod attempts a coup d'état on Krypton.Template:MoS
- Jor-El is killed by General Zod.Template:MoS
- Krypton implodes.Template:MoS
- Jonathan and Martha Kent discover a crashed UFO on their farm containing a small boy who they take in and name Clark.Template:MoS
- 1981 - Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed by a mugger leaving their son Bruce orphanedTemplate:BvS
- 1984 - Lex Luthor is born.Template:BvS
- 1989 - Clark Kent's superpowers emerge.Template:MoS
- 1993
- Clark reveals his powers to save a submerged school bus.Template:MoS
- Jonathan shows Clark the crashed ship and reveals to him that he is an alien.Template:MoS
- 1995 - Bruce Wayne becomes the vigilante Batman.Template:BvS
- 1997 - A tornado devastates Smallville, killing Jonathan Kent.Template:MoS
21st Century
- 2000 - Aexander Luthor Jr. becomes CEO of LexCorp following the death of his father.Template:BvS
- 2005- Batman's sidekick Robin is killed by the Joker. Template:BvS
- 2013
- US Military discover a strange object on Ellesmere Island.Template:MoS
- Clark Kent discovers his heritage as Kal, son of El.Template:MoS
- General Zod arrives on Earth and attempts to terraform Earth into a new Krypton, but is stopped by Superman.Template:MoS
- "Clark Kent" starts his job at the Daily Planet.Template:MoS
- 2015
- August: The kryptonite is found in the depths of the Indian Ocean.Template:BvS
- October 31, Superman saves a Mexican girl dying in a fire.Template:BvS
- November:
- Using the LexCorp files, Batman & Wonder Woman discover the existence of Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash.
- Lex Luthor creates Doomsday.Template:BvS
- Doomsday is unleashed in Metropolis and moves to Gotham City before being stopped by Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.Template:BvS
- After an intense fight, and using a spear of kryptonite, Superman makes a last attack on Doomsday. The monster uses his arm to stab Superman in the chest. Eventually, the both die in front of Batman and Wonder Woman.Template:BvS
- December:
- The funeral of Superman takes place.Template:BvS