Timeline

Under the Red Hood Timeline

1502

An ancestor of Kal-El's comes to Earth with several radioactive rocks from the planet Krypton. He falls in love with a Native American woman, thereby fathering the Kawatche people.

This prophetic Kryptonian forges the prophecies in the Kawatche Caves, hiding several "parasites" from his homeworld within the cave walls and burying the Starblade so that it will take at least 500 years to recover it. Knowing that his destiny did not lay on Earth with the first of the Kawatche, Kal-El's ancestor bids them farewell, promising he (or rather his descendant, "Naman") would return to protect them all again.

 

1604

In France, Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux and her two comrades, Madelyn Hibbins and Brianna Withridge, burn at the stake for practicing witchcraft by Duchess Gertrude. Before she is burned, Isobel invokes a spell to stencil her symbol onto her skin. As the Countess and her companions burn, she prophesies that her heir would awaken her and she would have vengeance upon her persecutors.

1775

The world-famous Metropolis newspaper, the Daily Planet, opens.

1840

Ezra Small, Lana Lang's biological paternal ancestor, establishes a trading post in Kansas. From then on, mud-and-thatch huts are built, proclaiming the town Smallville. At some point, Ezra suffers a massive trampling attack, cursing him with the ability of foresight for the rest of his life. He has been known to foresee many ambiguous events that circle around Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, and the meteor showers, among many other things.

1891

Albus Dumbledore and Elphias Doge were born

1893

Gellert Grindelwald was born.

1894

Aberforth Dumbledore was born

1895

Ariana Dumbledore was born

1907

Dax-Ur creates the Brain InterActive Construct, a supercomputer designed to run Krypton, but when he learns that it has the power to destroy planets, he travels to Earth, uses blue kryptonite to strip himself of his powers, and lives as an ordinary human. His shield becomes lost and ends up in a time capsule.

1909

Albus Dumbledore sits his N.E.W.T.s and graduates from Hogwarts in a blaze of glory: Head Boy, Winner of the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting, British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot, Gold Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo.

Later in the summer, Dumbledore befriends Gellert Grindelwald during the latter's stay in Godric's Hollow, but their friendship is short-lived; during a row, a three-way duel broke out between Albus, Grindelwald and Aberforth which ended in the accidental death of Ariana Dumbledore.

1916

Lachlan Luthor is born in Scotland.

1924

Hiram Kent is born

1924

World War I Begins

1928

World War I Ends

1935

Dippet becomes Headmaster at Hogwarts

Jor-El is born.

Zod is born.

Faora is born.

1936

Tom Riddle Jr., later known as Lord Voldemort, is born.

1938

Rubeus Hagrid is born

The Lang family moves to Smallville

1939

The Comet Trading Company is created by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton

1939

World War II begins

1940

Zor-El is born

1942

Lara, future wife of Jor-El and mother of Kal-El, is born.

1944

Lionel Luthor is born.

1945

World War II ends

1945

Bertie Bott and Minerva McGonagall are born

1950

Grindelwald's Revolution begins

1953

The Chamber of Secrets was opened by Tom Riddle Jr.

1955

Tom Riddle Jr. graduates from Hogwarts

1955

Grindelwald's Revolution ends with his defeat at the hands of Grindelwald

1957

Werewolf Register is introduced

1959

Molly Prewett, later Weasley, is born

1960

Arthur Weasley is born

1961

Jor-El comes to Earth to undergo a Kryptonian rite of passage. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with Louise McCallum. Louise is killed by Lachlan Luthor, and Jor-El becomes the primary suspect in her death. Jor-El meets Hiram Kent, who helps him escape. Soon afterward, he returns to Krypton.

Rita Skeeter is born.

Bellatrix Black is born

Johnathan Kent is born.

1963

Lionel Luthor agrees to an arrangement with a slumlord of the Suicide Slums district to have Morgan Edge kill his parents. Lionel only survives because he moonlights at a print shop during the incident. He gets his cut of the insurance money, and plans to put himself through an Ivy League college, eventually starting up LuthorCorp.

Andromeda Black is born

1964

Minerva McGonagall graduates from Hogwarts

1965

Narcissa Black is born

1966

Professor Dippet steps down from his position as Headmaster and Dumbledore takes his place

Tom Riddle Jr. attempts to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position for the second time but is refused by Dumbledore.

Minerva McGonagall starts working at Hogwarts.

The Science Council orders Jor-El to take blood samples from soldiers and put them into the Orb. Jor-El stops the experiment and is put on trial for treason, but is saved by Major Zod. The city of Kandor is destroyed by Black Zero. Zod begs Jor-El to clone his son to bring him back from the dead, but Jor-El refuses. Jor-El and Zod's blood are put into the Orb. Jor-El sends the Orb and the Stones of Power to Earth.

1967

Kara is born.

1969

Sirius Black is born

1970

Peter Pettigrew is born.

Severus Snape is born.

Lily Evans is born.

Remus Lupin is born.

James Potter is born.

In Metropolis, the Justice Scoiety of Amreica begins to take roots.

1971

Regulus Black and Dirk Cresswell are born

1972

Bartemius Crouch Jr. is born

1975

The Ban on Experimental Breeding is enacted

1977

The Nimbus Racing Broom Company is formed

1978

Lutessa Luthor, later known as Tess Mercer, is born.

 

1979

The Justice Society of America is forced to disband after the government agency, Checkmate, unmasked them after they refused to work for the government.

1980

First Wizarding War begins

Johnathan Kent graduates High School

Hiram Kent dies

Lex Luthor is born.

Oliver Queen is born.

Bill Weasley is born.

1981

Bruce Wayne is born.

1982

Charlie Weasley is born

1983

Nymphadora Tonks is born

1985

The Marauder's Map is created

Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head

Marcus Flint is born.

Lois Lane is born

Diana of Themyscira is born.

Steve Trevor is born.

1986

Percy Weasley is born.

Victor Krum is born.

Kal-El is born.

Doomsday is born.

Lana Lang is born.

Dinah Lance is born.

Krypton is destroyed

 

1987

Angelina Johnson is born.

Fleur Delacour is born.

Chloe Sullivan is born.

Veritas is formed

The Dursley family moves to Privet Drive

According to official documentation, Clark Kent and Davis Bloom are born this year.

1988

George and Fred Weasley are born.

Alicia Spinnet is born.

Lee Jordan is born.

James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans, Severus Snape, and the rest of their class graduate.

1989

Hermione Granger, Cho Chang, Katie Bell, and Cormac McLaggen are born.

Regulus Black dies.

Oliver Queen's parents die in plane crash.

Smallville is struck by the first of two meteor showers in 16 years. Kal-El's ship arrives on Earth with Doomsday attached. Lewis and Laura Lang are killed in the shower. Jonathan and Martha Kent find and adopt Kal-El, re-naming him Clark.

Doomsday morphs into the form of a human boy who later be named Davis Bloome; the boy is taken by Lionel Luthor's men and brought to the Luthor Mansion because Lionel thinks he has found the Traveler. Lex and Davis become playmates until Lionel determines that Davis is not the Traveler and leaves the boy on the streets of Metropolis.

Kara's ship arrives on Earth, but she gets stuck in suspended animation for 18 years.

Clark displays super-strength for the first time by lifting an old oak bed that weighs roughly 500 pounds over Jonathan's head.

 

1990

Dumbledore hears the prophecy that foretells Voldemort's defeat

Bagnold becomes Minister for Magic

The majority of Harry Potter's class is born.

 

1991

First Wizarding War ends

Sirius Black is arrested under the false belief that he betrayed James and Lily Potter to Voldemort and is sent to Azkaban.

Severus Snape becomes employed at Hogwarts as Potions Master

The Longbottoms are driven insane through the uses of the Cruciatus Curse.

As a result of a plane crash, Steve Trevor is orphaned on Themyscira and found by Diana.

Ginny Weasley is born.

Luna Lovegood is born.

1992

Julian Luthor is born. On the day of his baptism, Julian is killed by his mother, Lillian. Lex takes the fall to protect his mother from the ruthless Lionel, eventually repressing his memory of this day, which leads him to believe, for years, that he actually did kill Julian. This event scars Lex for the rest of his life, as he not only witnessed his mother kill his infant brother, but his relationship with his father would never have any hope of the love that his 12th birthday showed hope for.

1993

Lillian Luthor dies.

Clark has one of his first experiences with super-speed while playing tag with his father when suddenly he starts running faster than he ever had in his life, getting lost in Palmer Woods for nearly a full day.

1995

Moira Sullivan voluntarily leaves her family and commits herself to a mental institution.

1996

A 10-year-old Lana Lang meets a 16-year-old Lex while on a trip to Metropolis with her aunt. Lana walks in on Lex skinny-dipping with a girl.

Queen Hippolyta discovers Steve Trevor and decides to take him back to the world of man after Diana defends him from the other Amazonians.

2000

Fudge becomes Minister for Magic

Luna Lovegood's mother dies

Sullivan family moves to Smallville

Clark Kent receives his first kiss from Chloe Sullivan.

2001

Nymphadora Tonks and Charlie Weasley graduate from Hogwarts

Bruce Wayne becomes Batman

Clark Kent saves Lex Luthor for the first time

Clark learns that he arrived in a meteor shower and is not from Earth.

Clark gains the ability to use X-Ray Vision.

Diana of Thymescira, worried that her mother still has not returned to the island, leaves in search of her. She chooses to help those that cannot help themselves as she searches for her mother.

2002

Chamber of Secrets is opened

Chloe is kidnapped by a corrupt sheriff's deputy. Whitney Fordman leaves for the Marines. Smallville is hit by a tornado.

Chloe wins an internship at the Daily Planet and meets Jimmy Olsen. Chloe helps an Ace Reporter at the Daily Planet on a story.

Clark develops heat vision.

Clark tells Pete about his true origins.

Lana Lang moves in with Chloe and her father after her aunt leaves Smallville.

Lex meets Helen Bryce for the first time in years.

Clark finds the Kawatche Caves and discovers more clues to his origins. Lana learns that Henry
Small is her biological father.

Jonathan Kent is framed for Lionel Luthor's attempted murder by Sheriff Ethan Miller.

Lionel's assistant, Dominic Sanatori, is dead after Lex tosses him out from a speeding car.

Lex discovers his half-brother, Lucas.

Dippet dies.

Quirell dies.

Nicolas Flamel and his wife die.

2003

Umbridge designs anti-werewolf legislation

Sirius Black escapes Azkaban

Clark and Martha become deathly ill; Martha's pregnancy is discovered.

Clark learns to read Kryptonian when he puts the key in the Kawatche Caves, and meets Dr. Virgil Swann.

Lex and Helen get engaged.

Clark and Lana get together.

Lionel offers Chloe a deal to investigate Clark.

Clark blows up his spaceship, causing Martha to miscarry. Out of guilt, Clark runs away.

Lex and Helen marry, but he ends up stranded on an island.

Chloe accepts Lionel's offer.

Clark lives in Metropolis as Kal.

Chloe interns at the Daily Planet.

Clark returns to Smallville.

Lex is rescued and returns.

Lex is poisoned by Lionel, kills Morgan Edge, and is placed in Belle Reve for a month.

Lana is trampled by a horse and meets Adam Knight in physical therapy.

2004

Sirius escapes from Hogwarts after being captured

Harry attends the World Cup

The Tri-Wizard Tournament is reinstated.

Clark develops super-hearing.

FBI agent Frank Loder kidnaps and tortures Pete to try and force him to reveal Clark's secret. Pete moves to Wichita with his mother.

Lionel is arrested for the murder of his parents; he is denied bail and sent to jail.

Clark and Chloe testify against him, and Lionel is convicted.

Chloe's safe house gets blown up.

Lana leaves for Paris.

Jor-El puts Clark in a pocket dimension and re-programs him as Kal-El

Clark is presumed missing, Chloe and her father are presumed dead, and Jonathan Kent lies in a coma.

Lana meets Jason Teague in Paris.

Lionel is convicted of murder and remains in jail.

Lois Lane comes to Smallville to investigate Chloe's death.

Kal-El returns and is restored as Clark.

Jonathan wakes up.

Clark meets Lois Lane for the first time.

Lois moves in with the Kents.

Lana returns to Smallville and moves into the Talon.

Lex find the Crystal of Fire.

Clark, Chloe and Lana return to Smallville High to attend their last year.

Lois Lane also attends because she needed extra credits to graduate.

Jason gets a job as football coach.

Lex helps Lois to graduate.

Bart Allen makes his first appearance in Smallville.

Lionel is cured of his condition by Clark.

Bridgette Crosby gets the Crystal of Water.

2005

Voldemort returns, unofficially starting the Second Wizarding War

Cedric Diggory dies.

Lex introduces Mikhail Mxyzptlk to the 33.1.

Lionel begins to show signs of redemption helping Clark when Lex was accused of killing a young woman.

Lionel's conviction is overturned, and he is released.

Clark and Alicia Baker get "married"; she shows Chloe Clark's powers and is then killed by Tim Westcott.

Virgil Swann dies.

Clark, Lana, Jason and Lex go to China to find the Crystal of Air.

Clark, Lana and Chloe graduate from Smallville High School.

The second meteor shower hits Smallville. Jason becomes unhinged and dies in the meteor shower.
Lana, possessed by Margaret Isobel Thoreaux, kills Genevieve Teague.

Lionel is put into a catatonic state after being exposed to the Crystal of Water.

Clark is transported to the North Pole after he unites the Stones of Power and creates the Fortress of Solitude.

He tells Chloe about his true origins.

Nam-Ek and Aethyr arrive in the Black Ship and wreak havoc on Smallville

Clark sends them into the Phantom Zone.

Jor-El strips Clark of his powers.

Clark and Lana begin a relationship, eventually losing their virginity together.

Lionel remains catatonic; Lex has him monitored at Belle Reve.

Clark's powers are restored after he is shot, and Lionel emerges from catatonia.

Clark begins his freshman year at Central Kansas A&M and meets Professor Milton Fine.

Chloe and Lana move to Metropolis to attend Metropolis University.

Lois moves into the Talon.

Fine strikes Martha with a mysterious disease, and is revealed to be Brainiac. Clark defeats him in the
Fortress of Solitude.

2006

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

Rufus Scrimgeour becomes Minister for Magic

Sirius Black dies.

Emmeline Vance dies.

Amelia Bones dies.

Jonathan Kent dies shortly after winning the Kansas Senate election.

Clark and Lana break up.

Lex and Lana's relationship begins to form.

Clark reveals his powers to Lionel Luthor by saving his mother.

Brainiac releases a deadly computer virus, leading to Dark Thursday.

General Zod possesses Lex Luthor and imprisons Clark in the Phantom Zone.

Chloe reunites with Jimmy Olsen.

Clark escapes the Phantom Zone with the help of Raya; several Phantom Zone criminals escape with them.

Clark battles Zod and eventually returns him to the Zone with the Crystal of El.

Power is restored on Earth.

Clark gets a new power: super-breath.

Oliver Queen moves to Metropolis.

Lana moves in with Lex.

Lex and Lana become a couple.

Lex holds the Dark Thursday Benefit.

Lois and Oliver begin their relationship.

Chloe and Jimmy start dating.

Clark discovers Oliver's secret.

Raya finds Clark, and they fight Baern together. Raya dies while battling Baern in the Fortress of Solitude.

Lana discovers that she is pregnant and Lex asks her to marry him.

2007

Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley start dating.

Dumbledore is killed by Snape.

Harry ends his relationship with Ginny.

Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks marry.

The Battle of the Seven Potters takes place, ending with Mad-Eye Moody's death.

Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour marry.

The Ministry is taken over by Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

Oliver organizes the first version of the future Justice League.

Oliver leaves town and breaks up with Lois.

Clark meets the Martian Manhunter.

Clark and Lois break into the engagement party of Lex and Lana.

Chloe is abducted as a suspected metahuman.

Lana finds out about Clark's powers, and is threatened by Lionel to marry Lex or he will kill Clark.

Lana and Lex get married.

Lana decides to leave Lex but appears to be murdered.

Clark fights and defeats Bizarro, allowing the Martian Manhunter to take Bizarro away.

Lionel disappears.

Kara is released from Reeves Dam and saves Lex.

Lana is revealed to be alive in Shanghai, China.

Lex and Lana divorce.

Lois gets a job at the Daily Planet.

Clark meets replications of his birth mother and uncle.

Kara disappears and Clark is frozen in the Fortress.

Bizarro returns to Earth and poses as Clark for over a month.

2008

Early 2008

Lex purchases the Daily Planet.

Clark returns and defeats Bizarro again.

Brainiac, Green Arrow and an amnesiac Kara all return, and the Black Canary joins Oliver's team.

Spring 2008

Pete Ross comes back to Smallville and gains temporary superpowers.

Lionel has Clark kidnapped. Kara's powers are restored.

Brainiac puts Lana in a coma, and travels to Krypton 1986 in an attempt to kill Kal-El as a baby.

Lionel is murdered by Lex.

Chloe is fired from the Daily Planet.

Lex discovers the cryptograph and uses it to track down Edward Teague and the Orb.

Edward Teague, the last member of Veritas, is murdered by Brainiac disguised as Kara.

Clark defeats Brainiac

Lana awakens and is forced to leave Smallville by Tess Mercer.

Jimmy proposes to Chloe just before she is arrested.

Lex learns Clark's secret.

Clark and Lex are trapped in the Fortress of Solitude as it collapses around them.

After months of hunting, Voldemort's horcruxes are destroyed.

Voldemort is defeated by Harry Potter due to the Elder Wand owing its loyalty to him.

The Second Wizarding War ends.

McGonagall is named as Headmaster.

Shacklebolt becomes Acting Minister for Magic.

Teddy Lupin is born.

June 2008

Chloe is held prisoner by a suspicious group who has discovered she has a new power.

Lex is missing.

Clark is found in Russia, powerless and working in a slave labor camp.

The Martian Manhunter loses his powers to restore Clark's powers.

Tess Mercer comes to Smallville to take over Lex's estate.

Clark begins to work at the Daily Planet.

July 31, 2008

August 1, 2008