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* The proto-Oans gain immortality. | * The proto-Oans gain immortality. | ||
- | =====4.5 billion years ago===== | + | ====4.5 billion years ago==== |
* The sun and the solar system are formed. | * The sun and the solar system are formed. | ||
* The planet Earth is formed. | * The planet Earth is formed. | ||
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=====4 billion years ago===== | =====4 billion years ago===== | ||
* On Maltus, a proto-Oan named Krona looses evil on the universe by attempting to view the origin of the universe using a time-viewer. The forbidden experiment, affecting the past, creates the antimatter universe as well as splintering the single universe into a multiverse consisting of countless parallel universes, each with duplicates of all stars and planets except for the planet Oa, which is only duplicated in the antimatter universe as the planet Qward. The energies resulting from this also paradoxically cause the creation of the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor in the distant past. Krona is reduced to disembodied energy and banished to circle throughout the universe. [Green Lantern v2 #40; Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | * On Maltus, a proto-Oan named Krona looses evil on the universe by attempting to view the origin of the universe using a time-viewer. The forbidden experiment, affecting the past, creates the antimatter universe as well as splintering the single universe into a multiverse consisting of countless parallel universes, each with duplicates of all stars and planets except for the planet Oa, which is only duplicated in the antimatter universe as the planet Qward. The energies resulting from this also paradoxically cause the creation of the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor in the distant past. Krona is reduced to disembodied energy and banished to circle throughout the universe. [Green Lantern v2 #40; Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | ||
- | 3.9 billion years ago: | + | ====3.9 billion years ago:==== |
* A cataclysmic bombardment of meteors strikes the Earth and scars the Moon. Earth' | * A cataclysmic bombardment of meteors strikes the Earth and scars the Moon. Earth' | ||
- | 3.8 billion years ago: | + | ====3.8 billion years ago:==== |
* The surface of the Earth cools, changing from molten to solid rock. | * The surface of the Earth cools, changing from molten to solid rock. | ||
- | 3.5 billion years ago: | + | ====3.5 billion years ago:==== |
* The proto-Oans migrate to the planet Oa in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and create the Manhunters to police the universe. | * The proto-Oans migrate to the planet Oa in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and create the Manhunters to police the universe. | ||
* Monocellular life is formed on Earth. | * Monocellular life is formed on Earth. | ||
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* A civil war on Oa arising from a disagreement on how to combat evil in the universe causes half the population of Oa to leave for another dimension, where they eventually become the Controllers. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | * A civil war on Oa arising from a disagreement on how to combat evil in the universe causes half the population of Oa to leave for another dimension, where they eventually become the Controllers. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | ||
* The Earth' | * The Earth' | ||
- | 2.5 billion years ago: | + | ====2.5 billion years ago:==== |
* The female Oans leave Oa and eventually become the Zamorans. The Zamorans begin the tradition of choosing as their queen a mortal woman whom they give a powerful gemstone to become the Star Sapphire. | * The female Oans leave Oa and eventually become the Zamorans. The Zamorans begin the tradition of choosing as their queen a mortal woman whom they give a powerful gemstone to become the Star Sapphire. | ||
* Stable continents first appear on Earth. | * Stable continents first appear on Earth. | ||
- | 2.4 billion years ago: | + | ====2.4 billion years ago:==== |
* The Great Oxidation Event introduces free oxygen into Earth' | * The Great Oxidation Event introduces free oxygen into Earth' | ||
* The Earth' | * The Earth' | ||
* Neverwas, a protoplasmic, | * Neverwas, a protoplasmic, | ||
* The Huronian Ice Age begins on Earth, lasting 300 million years. | * The Huronian Ice Age begins on Earth, lasting 300 million years. | ||
- | 1.1 billion years ago: | + | ====1.1 billion years ago:==== |
* The supercontinent Rodinia forms on Earth. | * The supercontinent Rodinia forms on Earth. | ||
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* The Timeless Ones, a powerful beneficent race of blue-skinned, | * The Timeless Ones, a powerful beneficent race of blue-skinned, | ||
* Multicellular organisms appear on Earth. | * Multicellular organisms appear on Earth. | ||
- | 750 million years ago | + | ====750 million years ago:==== |
* On Earth, the continent Rodinia breaks up, and the supercontinent Pannotia forms. | * On Earth, the continent Rodinia breaks up, and the supercontinent Pannotia forms. | ||
- | 650 million years ago | + | ====650 million years ago:==== |
* A mass extinction of 70% of dominant sea plants occurs on Earth because of global glaciation. | * A mass extinction of 70% of dominant sea plants occurs on Earth because of global glaciation. | ||
- | 580 million years ago | + | ====580 million years ago:==== |
* Soft-bodied organisms develop on Earth: the jellyfish, tribrachidium, | * Soft-bodied organisms develop on Earth: the jellyfish, tribrachidium, | ||
- | 550 million years ago | + | ====550 million years ago:==== |
* On Earth the continent Pannotia is fragmented into the continents Laurasia and Gondwana. | * On Earth the continent Pannotia is fragmented into the continents Laurasia and Gondwana. | ||
=====Paleozoic Era===== | =====Paleozoic Era===== | ||
- | 542 million years ago: | + | ====542 million years ago:==== |
* The Paleozoic Era begins on Earth, heralding the arrival of complex life, such as land plants and trees, insects, amphibians, and reptiles. | * The Paleozoic Era begins on Earth, heralding the arrival of complex life, such as land plants and trees, insects, amphibians, and reptiles. | ||
- | 443 million years ago: | + | ====443 million years ago:==== |
* Ordovician–Silurian extinction event: Two events occur that kill off 27% of all families, 57% of all genera, and 60% to 70% of all species. | * Ordovician–Silurian extinction event: Two events occur that kill off 27% of all families, 57% of all genera, and 60% to 70% of all species. | ||
- | 359 million years ago: | + | ====359 million years ago:==== |
* Late Devonian extinction: A prolonged series of extinctions eliminate about 19% of all families, 50% of all genera, and 70% of all species. This extinction event lasts perhaps as long as 20 million years, and there is evidence for a series of extinction pulses within this period. | * Late Devonian extinction: A prolonged series of extinctions eliminate about 19% of all families, 50% of all genera, and 70% of all species. This extinction event lasts perhaps as long as 20 million years, and there is evidence for a series of extinction pulses within this period. | ||
- | 275 million years ago: | + | ====275 million years ago:==== |
* The supercontinent Pangaea forms on Earth. | * The supercontinent Pangaea forms on Earth. | ||
=====Mesozoic Era===== | =====Mesozoic Era===== | ||
- | 250 million years ago: | + | ====250 million years ago:==== |
* The Xan, a race of tall, handsome humans from another planet, establish a super-civilization on Earth, living in sky-cities built by advanced science. As expert builders of robots and androids, their crowning achievement is Eterno, a nearly 50-foot-tall half-robot, half-android constructed to live forever, energized by cosmic radiation, and given the complete knowledge of the Xan in his artificial brain. Although Eterno was incredibly wise and powerful, he planned to conquer Earth for himself. Before he could do so, a cloud of space gas drifted to Earth that the Xan knew could kill them off. Eterno traveled to the earth' | * The Xan, a race of tall, handsome humans from another planet, establish a super-civilization on Earth, living in sky-cities built by advanced science. As expert builders of robots and androids, their crowning achievement is Eterno, a nearly 50-foot-tall half-robot, half-android constructed to live forever, energized by cosmic radiation, and given the complete knowledge of the Xan in his artificial brain. Although Eterno was incredibly wise and powerful, he planned to conquer Earth for himself. Before he could do so, a cloud of space gas drifted to Earth that the Xan knew could kill them off. Eterno traveled to the earth' | ||
* Permian–Triassic extinction event: Earth' | * Permian–Triassic extinction event: Earth' | ||
* The supercontinent Pangaea begins to break up on Earth. | * The supercontinent Pangaea begins to break up on Earth. | ||
* Reptiles populate the land on Earth. | * Reptiles populate the land on Earth. | ||
- | 235 million years ago: | + | ====235 million years ago:==== |
* Dinosaurs begin to appear on Earth. | * Dinosaurs begin to appear on Earth. | ||
- | 205 million years ago: | + | ====205 million years ago:==== |
* The first small mammals appear on Earth. | * The first small mammals appear on Earth. | ||
- | 200 million years ago: | + | ====200 million years ago:==== |
* Triassic–Jurassic extinction event: About 23% of all families, 48% of all genera (20% of marine families and 55% of marine genera), and 70% to 75% of all species become extinct. Most non-dinosaurian archosaurs, most therapsids, and most of the large amphibians are eliminated, leaving dinosaurs with little terrestrial competition. Non-dinosaurian archosaurs continue to dominate aquatic environments, | * Triassic–Jurassic extinction event: About 23% of all families, 48% of all genera (20% of marine families and 55% of marine genera), and 70% to 75% of all species become extinct. Most non-dinosaurian archosaurs, most therapsids, and most of the large amphibians are eliminated, leaving dinosaurs with little terrestrial competition. Non-dinosaurian archosaurs continue to dominate aquatic environments, | ||
- | 199 million years ago: | + | ====199 million years ago:==== |
* The Jurassic Period begins on Earth, and the dinosaurs rule the Earth. | * The Jurassic Period begins on Earth, and the dinosaurs rule the Earth. | ||
- | 180 million years ago: | + | ====180 million years ago:==== |
* North America separates from Africa. | * North America separates from Africa. | ||
- | 150 million years ago: | + | ====150 million years ago:==== |
* Birds begin to appear on Earth. Pterodactyls thrive on Earth. | * Birds begin to appear on Earth. Pterodactyls thrive on Earth. | ||
* Neverwas uses strange powers to thrust itself into the 20th century to the year 1978 A.D., where it battles the Justice League of America. [" | * Neverwas uses strange powers to thrust itself into the 20th century to the year 1978 A.D., where it battles the Justice League of America. [" | ||
- | 120 million years ago: | + | ====120 million years ago:==== |
* A global warming event starts on Earth. | * A global warming event starts on Earth. | ||
- | 105 million years ago: | + | ====105 million years ago:==== |
* South America breaks away from Africa. The Atlantic Ocean begins to form. | * South America breaks away from Africa. The Atlantic Ocean begins to form. | ||
- | 90 million years ago: | + | ====90 million years ago:==== |
* A global warming event ends on Earth. | * A global warming event ends on Earth. | ||
=====Cenozoic Era===== | =====Cenozoic Era===== | ||
- | 65 million years ago: | + | ====65 million years ago:==== |
* Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event: A meteor impact in the Yucatan, Mexico, causes a mass extinction and ending the Mesozoic Era. About 17% of all families, 50% of all genera, and 75% of all species become extinct. In the seas it reduces the percentage of sessile animals to about 33%. The majority of non-avian dinosaurs become extinct during that time. The boundary event is severe, with a significant amount of variability in the rate of extinction between and among different clades. Mammals and birds emerge as dominant land vertebrates in the age of new life. Most of the dinosaurs are killed off, with only a remnant of dinosaurs survives in hidden lands, such as Skartaris and Dinosaur Island in the Pacific Ocean. The Cenozoic Era (which lasts into the present) begins. | * Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event: A meteor impact in the Yucatan, Mexico, causes a mass extinction and ending the Mesozoic Era. About 17% of all families, 50% of all genera, and 75% of all species become extinct. In the seas it reduces the percentage of sessile animals to about 33%. The majority of non-avian dinosaurs become extinct during that time. The boundary event is severe, with a significant amount of variability in the rate of extinction between and among different clades. Mammals and birds emerge as dominant land vertebrates in the age of new life. Most of the dinosaurs are killed off, with only a remnant of dinosaurs survives in hidden lands, such as Skartaris and Dinosaur Island in the Pacific Ocean. The Cenozoic Era (which lasts into the present) begins. | ||
- | 45 million years ago: | + | ====45 million years ago:==== |
* Australia separates from Antarctica. Modern mammals appear on Earth. | * Australia separates from Antarctica. Modern mammals appear on Earth. | ||
- | 34 million years ago: | + | ====34 million years ago:==== |
* Global cooling on Earth creates a permanent Antarctic ice sheet. | * Global cooling on Earth creates a permanent Antarctic ice sheet. | ||
- | 14 million years ago: | + | ====14 million years ago:==== |
* Antarctica separates from Australia and South America. | * Antarctica separates from Australia and South America. | ||
- | 8 million years ago: | + | ====8 million years ago:==== |
* A race of metallic beings ruled by Katmos control the Earth. [" | * A race of metallic beings ruled by Katmos control the Earth. [" | ||
- | 6 million years ago: | + | ====6 million years ago:==== |
* Bipedal (upright walking) hominins first appear on Earth. | * Bipedal (upright walking) hominins first appear on Earth. | ||
- | =====4.5 million years ago===== | + | ====4.5 million years ago==== |
* The Rmoahal, an early advanced form of man, arise in Africa. Eventually they settle on the continent of Atlantis, where they master both science and magic. Some Rmoahal in Atlantis use their mastery of both to physically improve their bodies, transforming themselves from a race of 12-foot-tall humans with mahogany skin to a lizard-like race infused with dinosaur DNA. [The Story of Atlantis by W. Scott-Elliot (1896); "The Freedom of Rmoahal," | * The Rmoahal, an early advanced form of man, arise in Africa. Eventually they settle on the continent of Atlantis, where they master both science and magic. Some Rmoahal in Atlantis use their mastery of both to physically improve their bodies, transforming themselves from a race of 12-foot-tall humans with mahogany skin to a lizard-like race infused with dinosaur DNA. [The Story of Atlantis by W. Scott-Elliot (1896); "The Freedom of Rmoahal," | ||
* In a parallel universe, Kell, Earth' | * In a parallel universe, Kell, Earth' | ||
* The Anti-Monitor frees himself from his nearly nine-billion-year-long captivity as he gains power with the destruction of Kell's positive-matter universe. Realizing that the death of each positive-matter universe makes him more powerful, he destroys universe after universe with antimatter to expand his power. While at first it takes eons for the Anti-Monitor to destroy a universe, he eventually learns how to destroy universes more quickly as his power grows. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | * The Anti-Monitor frees himself from his nearly nine-billion-year-long captivity as he gains power with the destruction of Kell's positive-matter universe. Realizing that the death of each positive-matter universe makes him more powerful, he destroys universe after universe with antimatter to expand his power. While at first it takes eons for the Anti-Monitor to destroy a universe, he eventually learns how to destroy universes more quickly as his power grows. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | ||
* The Monitor also awakens and grants Kell both immortality and the ability to warn other universes before they are destroyed, and Kell becomes known as Pariah. The Monitor also creates a satellite-like ship in which he could travel the multiverse, fighting the Anti-Monitor wherever he could, but the Monitor becomes weaker with each loss of a positive-matter universe, forcing him to seek out champions across the multiverse to fight for him. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | * The Monitor also awakens and grants Kell both immortality and the ability to warn other universes before they are destroyed, and Kell becomes known as Pariah. The Monitor also creates a satellite-like ship in which he could travel the multiverse, fighting the Anti-Monitor wherever he could, but the Monitor becomes weaker with each loss of a positive-matter universe, forcing him to seek out champions across the multiverse to fight for him. [Crisis on Infinite Earths #7] | ||
- | 4 million years ago: | + | ====4 million years ago:==== |
* North and South America join at Panama. | * North and South America join at Panama. | ||
- | 3.9 million years ago: | + | ====3.9 million years ago:==== |
* Australopithecus man appears in Africa. | * Australopithecus man appears in Africa. | ||
- | 3 million years ago: | + | ====3 million years ago:==== |
* The Arctic ice cap forms on Earth. | * The Arctic ice cap forms on Earth. | ||
- | 2.6 million years ago: | + | ====2.6 million years ago:==== |
* The Rmoahal abandon their settlements on the continent of Atlantis due to the beginning of the Quaternary ice age and soon die out due to a weakness against cold drawn from their infused dinosaur DNA. ["The Freedom of Rmoahal," | * The Rmoahal abandon their settlements on the continent of Atlantis due to the beginning of the Quaternary ice age and soon die out due to a weakness against cold drawn from their infused dinosaur DNA. ["The Freedom of Rmoahal," | ||
- | 2 million years ago: | + | ====2 million years ago:==== |
* The Stone Age begins on Earth. | * The Stone Age begins on Earth. | ||
- | 1.7 million years ago: | + | ====1.7 million years ago:==== |
* Homo erectus man moves out of Africa. | * Homo erectus man moves out of Africa. | ||
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* War is soon declared between the Atlanteans and the Kryptonians, | * War is soon declared between the Atlanteans and the Kryptonians, | ||
* After the Legionnaires return to the 30th century, the Kryptonian colony dies out after their tame dinosaurs become wild and attack them. However, a few Kryptonian survivors intermarry with the Vruunian colonists, producing stronger children able to breathe the atmosphere without any trouble. These first true Atlanteans, the descendants of the Vruunians and Kryptonians, | * After the Legionnaires return to the 30th century, the Kryptonian colony dies out after their tame dinosaurs become wild and attack them. However, a few Kryptonian survivors intermarry with the Vruunian colonists, producing stronger children able to breathe the atmosphere without any trouble. These first true Atlanteans, the descendants of the Vruunians and Kryptonians, | ||
- | 700,000 years ago: | + | ====700,000 years ago:==== |
* Human and Neanderthal men start to genetically diverge. | * Human and Neanderthal men start to genetically diverge. | ||
* Anthro, the first modern human, has adventures as a teenager in a prehistoric era. | * Anthro, the first modern human, has adventures as a teenager in a prehistoric era. | ||
* Kong the Untamed has adventures as a teenager in a prehistoric era. | * Kong the Untamed has adventures as a teenager in a prehistoric era. | ||
* Time traveling from 1977 AD, Superman is stranded for some days during a time when the sun is red, and he consequently has no super-powers. After being mistaken for a god but showing weakness, he is attacked by a strong caveman named Guarr (who looks like Abraham Lincoln) and is beaten by him. A cave-girl named Virra nurses Superman back to health, and Superman later finds water for her tribe and helps them overcome Guarr and his tribe. Superman is rescued by Superman Robot K-31, who accidentally leaves behind his Superman costume when he changes into Clark Kent's clothing before returning to the present. Guarr adopts Superman' | * Time traveling from 1977 AD, Superman is stranded for some days during a time when the sun is red, and he consequently has no super-powers. After being mistaken for a god but showing weakness, he is attacked by a strong caveman named Guarr (who looks like Abraham Lincoln) and is beaten by him. A cave-girl named Virra nurses Superman back to health, and Superman later finds water for her tribe and helps them overcome Guarr and his tribe. Superman is rescued by Superman Robot K-31, who accidentally leaves behind his Superman costume when he changes into Clark Kent's clothing before returning to the present. Guarr adopts Superman' | ||
- | 650,000 years ago: | + | ====650,000 years ago:==== |
* Atlas discovers his origins, then constructs the City of the Golden Gate, founding the Atlantean Empire as King Atlas alongside his wife, Queen Lana. [Showcase: Whatever Happened to Atlas?] | * Atlas discovers his origins, then constructs the City of the Golden Gate, founding the Atlantean Empire as King Atlas alongside his wife, Queen Lana. [Showcase: Whatever Happened to Atlas?] | ||
* Thousands of Atlanteans leave Earth to colonize the stars, using magic to power huge colony ships, sending messages back to Earth regularly at first for a few centuries, and then sporadically, | * Thousands of Atlanteans leave Earth to colonize the stars, using magic to power huge colony ships, sending messages back to Earth regularly at first for a few centuries, and then sporadically, | ||
- | 370,000 years ago: | + | ====370,000 years ago:==== |
* Humans and Neanderthals are now fully separate species. | * Humans and Neanderthals are now fully separate species. | ||
- | 230,000 years ago: | + | ====230,000 years ago:==== |
* Neanderthal man spreads through Europe. | * Neanderthal man spreads through Europe. | ||
- | 195,000 years ago: | + | ====195,000 years ago:==== |
* Homo sapiens first appears on Earth. | * Homo sapiens first appears on Earth. | ||
- | 145,000 years ago: | + | ====145,000 years ago:==== |
* In ancient Atlantis, Ahri' | * In ancient Atlantis, Ahri' | ||
* After the First Convocation of the 12 Mages of the Empire rejects Majistra' | * After the First Convocation of the 12 Mages of the Empire rejects Majistra' | ||
- | 110,000 years ago: | + | ====110,000 years ago:==== |
* The Würm/ | * The Würm/ | ||
- | 74,000 years ago: | + | ====74,000 years ago:==== |
* The Toba volcanic eruption releases a large volume of sulfur dioxide on Earth, reducing the Homo sapiens population to about 10,000 people. | * The Toba volcanic eruption releases a large volume of sulfur dioxide on Earth, reducing the Homo sapiens population to about 10,000 people. | ||
- | 70,000 years ago: | + | ====70,000 years ago:==== |
* Glaciers cover Northern North America. | * Glaciers cover Northern North America. | ||
- | Circa 53,000 BC: | + | ====Circa 53,000 BC:==== |
* The Darkling Prince Kr'Rth is defeated by the mage Tynan and cast into eternal slumber for 10,000 years. [ARION #26-27] | * The Darkling Prince Kr'Rth is defeated by the mage Tynan and cast into eternal slumber for 10,000 years. [ARION #26-27] | ||
- | =====Circa 43,000 BC===== | + | ====Circa 43,000 BC==== |
* The events of Arion, Lord of Atlantis: | * The events of Arion, Lord of Atlantis: | ||
* Ahri' | * Ahri' | ||
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* Arion' | * Arion' | ||
* The new King M' | * The new King M' | ||
- | Circa 38,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 38,000 B.C.:==== |
* Cro-Magnon man appears in Europe. | * Cro-Magnon man appears in Europe. | ||
* Three proto-Green Lanterns chase a criminal named Jinn to Earth, where an accident with a power battery and a stun-ray places all four in suspended animation for 40,000 years. //Note: Since these proto-Green Lanterns knew they were predecessors of the Green Lantern Corps, they must have known of the creation of the Green Lanterns around this time, making them among the last of the proto-Green Lanterns.// [" | * Three proto-Green Lanterns chase a criminal named Jinn to Earth, where an accident with a power battery and a stun-ray places all four in suspended animation for 40,000 years. //Note: Since these proto-Green Lanterns knew they were predecessors of the Green Lantern Corps, they must have known of the creation of the Green Lanterns around this time, making them among the last of the proto-Green Lanterns.// [" | ||
* The Oans create the power ring and power battery and equip their agents, officially creating the modern Green Lantern Corps. | * The Oans create the power ring and power battery and equip their agents, officially creating the modern Green Lantern Corps. | ||
* Rori Dag of the planet Rojira becomes the first Green Lantern. Presumably many of the proto-Green Lanterns are also given power rings and invited to join the new Green Lantern Corps shortly afterward. ["The First Green Lantern," | * Rori Dag of the planet Rojira becomes the first Green Lantern. Presumably many of the proto-Green Lanterns are also given power rings and invited to join the new Green Lantern Corps shortly afterward. ["The First Green Lantern," | ||
- | Circa 26,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 26,000 B.C.:==== |
* Neanderthals disappear on Earth. | * Neanderthals disappear on Earth. | ||
- | Circa 20,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 20,000 B.C.:==== |
* A group of Atlanteans flee Earth to colonize the stars, leaving behind artifacts on the planet Tharrl. [Action Comics #299] | * A group of Atlanteans flee Earth to colonize the stars, leaving behind artifacts on the planet Tharrl. [Action Comics #299] | ||
- | Circa 13,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 13,000 B.C.:==== |
* Human migration to America begins via the Bering land bridge between Alaska and Siberia. | * Human migration to America begins via the Bering land bridge between Alaska and Siberia. | ||
- | 11,848 B.C.: | + | ====11,848 B.C.:==== |
* On Krypton, its modern-day civilization begins, though Krypton has had at least one earlier previous ancient civilization that had long collapsed by this time. The first year of the Kryptonian calendar is celebrated. //Note: 1952 AD is the Earth equivalent of the Kryptonian year 10,000, with 18 Kryptonian years equivalent to 25 Earth years.// | * On Krypton, its modern-day civilization begins, though Krypton has had at least one earlier previous ancient civilization that had long collapsed by this time. The first year of the Kryptonian calendar is celebrated. //Note: 1952 AD is the Earth equivalent of the Kryptonian year 10,000, with 18 Kryptonian years equivalent to 25 Earth years.// | ||
- | Circa 9,900 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 9,900 B.C.:==== |
* The Würm/ | * The Würm/ | ||
- | Circa 9,400 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 9,400 B.C.:==== |
* The Holocene Epoch begins on Earth, heralding the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals. | * The Holocene Epoch begins on Earth, heralding the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals. | ||
- | Circa 9,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 9,000 B.C.:==== |
* The would-be dictator Roh-Tul activates a bomb that causes Atlantis to begin sinking into the sea, but the citizens of Tritonis and Poseidonis each have enough time to save themselves by erecting air-filled domes over their cities to keep them alive as their cities sink beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Sometime later, they change themselves into water-breathers. ["The Girl Who Destroyed Atlantis," | * The would-be dictator Roh-Tul activates a bomb that causes Atlantis to begin sinking into the sea, but the citizens of Tritonis and Poseidonis each have enough time to save themselves by erecting air-filled domes over their cities to keep them alive as their cities sink beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Sometime later, they change themselves into water-breathers. ["The Girl Who Destroyed Atlantis," | ||
* Nar Lemaris, a scientist of Tritonis, uses a serum co-developed by a mermaid (one of the last survivors of the ancient Atlanteans from Vruun, who is the direct descendant of Jhor Lal and his daughter Leta Lal) to change the Tritonians into water-breathing mer-people, allowing Tritonis to knock down the air bubble over their city. Now a merman himself, Lemaris weds this mermaid, and their direct descendant in the 20th century is Lori Lemaris. //Note: Although they aren't mentioned in this story, the ancient Atlanteans of Vruun, who colonized Earth 68 million years ago and became mer-folk (see Adventure Comics #333), are likely the ones who influenced the Tritonians to become mer-people, so that the original Atlantean mer-folk can breed with them and thus save their dying species.// [" | * Nar Lemaris, a scientist of Tritonis, uses a serum co-developed by a mermaid (one of the last survivors of the ancient Atlanteans from Vruun, who is the direct descendant of Jhor Lal and his daughter Leta Lal) to change the Tritonians into water-breathing mer-people, allowing Tritonis to knock down the air bubble over their city. Now a merman himself, Lemaris weds this mermaid, and their direct descendant in the 20th century is Lori Lemaris. //Note: Although they aren't mentioned in this story, the ancient Atlanteans of Vruun, who colonized Earth 68 million years ago and became mer-folk (see Adventure Comics #333), are likely the ones who influenced the Tritonians to become mer-people, so that the original Atlantean mer-folk can breed with them and thus save their dying species.// [" | ||
- | Circa 7,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 7,000 B.C.:==== |
* Humans begin smelting metal on Earth. | * Humans begin smelting metal on Earth. | ||
- | Circa 5,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 5,000 B.C.:==== |
* Nommo, the future Doctor Mist, is the ruler of the empire of Kor in Africa. Nommo is the guardian of the Flame of Life and gains incredible power from it, but the power terrifies him, and he ceases to use it, preferring to act through agents. | * Nommo, the future Doctor Mist, is the ruler of the empire of Kor in Africa. Nommo is the guardian of the Flame of Life and gains incredible power from it, but the power terrifies him, and he ceases to use it, preferring to act through agents. | ||
- | Circa 3,500 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 3,500 B.C.:==== |
* Humans invent the wheel on Earth. | * Humans invent the wheel on Earth. | ||
=====Bronze Age===== | =====Bronze Age===== | ||
- | Circa 3,300 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 3,300 B.C.:==== |
* The Bronze Age begins on Earth. | * The Bronze Age begins on Earth. | ||
- | Circa 3,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 3,000 B.C.:==== |
* Humans develop writing on Earth. | * Humans develop writing on Earth. | ||
- | Circa 2,500 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 2,500 B.C.:==== |
* The Pyramids of Giza are built. | * The Pyramids of Giza are built. | ||
- | Circa 1,470 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,470 B.C.:==== |
* The volcanic island of Santorini in the Mediterranean Sea erupts, destroying an island and ending a civilization. | * The volcanic island of Santorini in the Mediterranean Sea erupts, destroying an island and ending a civilization. | ||
- | 1,440 B.C.: | + | ====1,440 B.C.:==== |
* Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt. | * Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt. | ||
- | Circa 1,400 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,400 B.C.:==== |
* The Israelites conquer the land of Canaan and form the land of Israel. | * The Israelites conquer the land of Canaan and form the land of Israel. | ||
=====Iron Age===== | =====Iron Age===== | ||
- | Circa 1,300 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,300 B.C.:==== |
* Lois Lane time travels from 1977 AD to ancient Greece during the fabled Golden Age (where disease and hardship is unknown) and meets a young man named Epimetheus, with whom she is accidentally betrothed, and whose younger brother is Prometheus. After Lois opens up a box and fatefully releases disease-ridden flies, heralding the end of the Golden Age, she discovers she would have been named Pandora had she been married to Epimetheus. Superman returns her to the present. ["The Snoopiest Girl in History," | * Lois Lane time travels from 1977 AD to ancient Greece during the fabled Golden Age (where disease and hardship is unknown) and meets a young man named Epimetheus, with whom she is accidentally betrothed, and whose younger brother is Prometheus. After Lois opens up a box and fatefully releases disease-ridden flies, heralding the end of the Golden Age, she discovers she would have been named Pandora had she been married to Epimetheus. Superman returns her to the present. ["The Snoopiest Girl in History," | ||
* The Iron Age begins on Earth. | * The Iron Age begins on Earth. | ||
=====13th century B.C.===== | =====13th century B.C.===== | ||
- | Circa 1,250 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,250 B.C.:==== |
* The Greek goddesses create the all-female race of Amazons led by Queen Hippolyta. | * The Greek goddesses create the all-female race of Amazons led by Queen Hippolyta. | ||
* The Trojan War begins when a confederation of Greek kings attacks the city of Troy. | * The Trojan War begins when a confederation of Greek kings attacks the city of Troy. | ||
=====12th century B.C.===== | =====12th century B.C.===== | ||
- | Circa 1,100 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,100 B.C.:==== |
* The Outsiders are summoned back in time to defeat and cure a mentally controlled Metamorpho before he kills Rameses. [BATO #17-18] | * The Outsiders are summoned back in time to defeat and cure a mentally controlled Metamorpho before he kills Rameses. [BATO #17-18] | ||
=====11th century B.C.===== | =====11th century B.C.===== | ||
- | Circa 1,000 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 1,000 B.C.:==== |
* During a conference of gods and heroes at Mt. Olympus, Zeus has the Oracle of Delphi unveil the far future age of the 20th century, when the Temple of Zeus is abandoned and in ruins, while the hero Superman is honored by the world, so Zeus decides to deal with that future upstart. Prometheus creates a champion out of clay, and six gods -- Zeus, Hercules, Apollo, Vulcan, Achilles, and Mercury -- bestow their powers on the clay champion, who comes to life and is named Zha-Vam. After Prometheus grants Zha-Vam a belt bestowing upon him the powers of several other gods, Zeus makes Zha-Vam swear to uphold the honor and glory of Olympus, and to destroy Superman so that the Olympians will reign supreme once more. Pluto opens up a passage into the underworld, where Zha-Vam crosses the river Styx and passes through Erebus, the realm of eternal darkness, to reach the future year of 1977 A.D., where he battles Superman. A time-traveling Superman from that era witnesses the birth of Zha-Vam and visits the Oracle himself to find out how to defeat Zha-Vam. Superman visits Neptune, who recently quarreled with Zeus, and is given a belt imbued with the powers of several gods. Superman finally defeats Zha-Vam in 1977 through his literal Achilles' | * During a conference of gods and heroes at Mt. Olympus, Zeus has the Oracle of Delphi unveil the far future age of the 20th century, when the Temple of Zeus is abandoned and in ruins, while the hero Superman is honored by the world, so Zeus decides to deal with that future upstart. Prometheus creates a champion out of clay, and six gods -- Zeus, Hercules, Apollo, Vulcan, Achilles, and Mercury -- bestow their powers on the clay champion, who comes to life and is named Zha-Vam. After Prometheus grants Zha-Vam a belt bestowing upon him the powers of several other gods, Zeus makes Zha-Vam swear to uphold the honor and glory of Olympus, and to destroy Superman so that the Olympians will reign supreme once more. Pluto opens up a passage into the underworld, where Zha-Vam crosses the river Styx and passes through Erebus, the realm of eternal darkness, to reach the future year of 1977 A.D., where he battles Superman. A time-traveling Superman from that era witnesses the birth of Zha-Vam and visits the Oracle himself to find out how to defeat Zha-Vam. Superman visits Neptune, who recently quarreled with Zeus, and is given a belt imbued with the powers of several gods. Superman finally defeats Zha-Vam in 1977 through his literal Achilles' | ||
* A centaur named Biron falls in love with the sorceress Circe. After he saves her life from an evil man named Maldor, she promises to grant him his wish to be human. But Maldor switches the potions that Circe creates, and Biron drinks an irreversible potion that instead changes him into a horse. Out of love, Circe grants Biron the horse the powers of the gods (the might of Jove, the speed of Mercury, the wisdom of Athena, and the telepathic powers of Neptune) as well as immortality. But when Maldor realizes his revenge has been thwarted, he uses magic to exile Biron to an asteroid in the constellation Sagittarius, | * A centaur named Biron falls in love with the sorceress Circe. After he saves her life from an evil man named Maldor, she promises to grant him his wish to be human. But Maldor switches the potions that Circe creates, and Biron drinks an irreversible potion that instead changes him into a horse. Out of love, Circe grants Biron the horse the powers of the gods (the might of Jove, the speed of Mercury, the wisdom of Athena, and the telepathic powers of Neptune) as well as immortality. But when Maldor realizes his revenge has been thwarted, he uses magic to exile Biron to an asteroid in the constellation Sagittarius, | ||
=====10th century B.C.===== | =====10th century B.C.===== | ||
- | 971 B.C.: | + | ====971 B.C.:==== |
* King Solomon begins his reign in Israel. He builds the original Temple. | * King Solomon begins his reign in Israel. He builds the original Temple. | ||
=====6th century B.C.===== | =====6th century B.C.===== | ||
- | 586 B.C.: | + | ====586 B.C.:==== |
* Babylon captures Jerusalem and destroys Solomon' | * Babylon captures Jerusalem and destroys Solomon' | ||
- | 536 B.C.: | + | ====536 B.C.:==== |
* The Jews begin rebuilding the Temple in Israel. | * The Jews begin rebuilding the Temple in Israel. | ||
- | 509 B.C.: | + | ====509 B.C.:==== |
* Romans exile King Tarquinius Superbus and establish a republic. | * Romans exile King Tarquinius Superbus and establish a republic. | ||
=====5th century B.C.===== | =====5th century B.C.===== | ||
- | 460 B.C.: | + | ====460 B.C.:==== |
* Athens becomes a democracy. | * Athens becomes a democracy. | ||
=====4th century B.C.===== | =====4th century B.C.===== | ||
- | 399 B.C.: | + | ====399 B.C.:==== |
* Socrates dies after ingesting hemlock. | * Socrates dies after ingesting hemlock. | ||
- | 347 B.C.: | + | ====347 B.C.:==== |
* The philosopher Plato writes about Atlantis, having learned of the lost land through Solon. | * The philosopher Plato writes about Atlantis, having learned of the lost land through Solon. | ||
- | 323 B.C.: | + | ====323 B.C.:==== |
* Alexander the Great dies suddenly after creating a vast empire. | * Alexander the Great dies suddenly after creating a vast empire. | ||
=====3rd century B.C.===== | =====3rd century B.C.===== | ||
- | 287 B.C.: | + | ====287 B.C.:==== |
* Archimedes of Syracuse is born, becoming the greatest mathematician of antiquity. | * Archimedes of Syracuse is born, becoming the greatest mathematician of antiquity. | ||
- | Circa 230 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 230 B.C.:==== |
* Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of China, standardizes writing and units of measure across his lands. | * Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of China, standardizes writing and units of measure across his lands. | ||
=====1st century B.C.===== | =====1st century B.C.===== | ||
- | 49 B.C.: | + | ====49 B.C.:==== |
* Julius Caesar begins a Roman civil war. | * Julius Caesar begins a Roman civil war. | ||
- | Circa 30 B.C.: | + | ====Circa 30 B.C.:==== |
* The human race with magical abilities, later referred to as the Homo Magi, found the Hidden Land in Turkey in an attempt to keep the bloodlines pure. The Homo Magi people, plagued with a nearly uncontrollable desire to marry Homo Sapiens, have grown smaller as their magical abilities have been diluted over centuries of breeding with outsiders. [JLA #165] | * The human race with magical abilities, later referred to as the Homo Magi, found the Hidden Land in Turkey in an attempt to keep the bloodlines pure. The Homo Magi people, plagued with a nearly uncontrollable desire to marry Homo Sapiens, have grown smaller as their magical abilities have been diluted over centuries of breeding with outsiders. [JLA #165] | ||
Circa 4 B.C.: | Circa 4 B.C.: | ||
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=====1st century===== | =====1st century===== | ||
- | 30 A.D.: | + | ====30 A.D.:==== |
* Upon the death of Jesus Christ, the Christian Church is founded in Israel. | * Upon the death of Jesus Christ, the Christian Church is founded in Israel. | ||
- | 55 A.D.: | + | ====55 A.D.:==== |
* Marcus becomes known as the Golden Gladiator. | * Marcus becomes known as the Golden Gladiator. | ||
=====4th century===== | =====4th century===== | ||
- | 313 A.D.: | + | ====313 A.D.:==== |
- | * After Christians | + | * After Christians |
=====6th century===== | =====6th century===== | ||
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=====7th century===== | =====7th century===== | ||
- | Circa 610 A.D.: | + | ====Circa 610 A.D.:==== |
* The prophet Mohammed begins the religion of Islam. | * The prophet Mohammed begins the religion of Islam. | ||
=====9th century===== | =====9th century===== | ||
- | 800 A.D.: | + | ====800 A.D.:==== |
* King Charlemagne rules the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe. | * King Charlemagne rules the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe. | ||
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=====11th century===== | =====11th century===== | ||
- | 1066: | + | ====1066:==== |
* William the Conqueror invades England. | * William the Conqueror invades England. | ||
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=====13th century===== | =====13th century===== | ||
- | 1212: | + | ====1212:==== |
* The Children' | * The Children' | ||
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* Aztecs found the great capital city of Tenochtitlan. | * Aztecs found the great capital city of Tenochtitlan. | ||
- | 1347: | + | ====1347:==== |
* The Black Death reaches Constantinople. | * The Black Death reaches Constantinople. | ||
=====15th century===== | =====15th century===== | ||
- | 1453: | + | ====1453:==== |
* Constantinople falls to the Ottaman Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire and beginning the Ottoman Empire. | * Constantinople falls to the Ottaman Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire and beginning the Ottoman Empire. | ||
- | Circa 1455: | + | ====Circa 1455:==== |
* The Gutenberg Bible, the first mass-produced book, is published. | * The Gutenberg Bible, the first mass-produced book, is published. | ||
- | 1492: | + | ====1492:==== |
* Christopher Columbus discovers America. | * Christopher Columbus discovers America. | ||
- | 1498: | + | ====1498:==== |
* Vasco da Gama establishes the first European sea route to Asia. | * Vasco da Gama establishes the first European sea route to Asia. | ||
=====16th century===== | =====16th century===== | ||
- | 1517: | + | ====1517:==== |
* Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation. | * Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation. | ||
- | 1543: | + | ====1543:==== |
* Copernicus publishes his theory that the sun is at the center of the universe, instead of the Earth. | * Copernicus publishes his theory that the sun is at the center of the universe, instead of the Earth. | ||
- | 1588: | + | ====1588:==== |
* The English fleet defeats the Spanish Armada. | * The English fleet defeats the Spanish Armada. | ||
=====17th century===== | =====17th century===== | ||
- | 1642 | + | ====1642==== |
* A time-traveling Superman from 1978 becomes the model for one of the guards in Rembrandt Van Rijn's famous painting, //The Night Watch//. ["You, Too, Can Be a Super-Artist," | * A time-traveling Superman from 1978 becomes the model for one of the guards in Rembrandt Van Rijn's famous painting, //The Night Watch//. ["You, Too, Can Be a Super-Artist," | ||
- | 1645: | + | ====1645:==== |
* The Paladins are displaced in time from 1987 to the Battle of Naseby. [Cavaliers and Roundheads: book 1] | * The Paladins are displaced in time from 1987 to the Battle of Naseby. [Cavaliers and Roundheads: book 1] | ||
- | 1649: | + | ====1649:==== |
* King Charles I of England is executed by the Puritans. | * King Charles I of England is executed by the Puritans. | ||
- | 1661: | + | ====1661:==== |
* May 27: Metropolis is founded. //Note: The founding of Metropolis supposedly happens in 1661, 300 years before the date of this story, which was published in 1961 but which takes place in 1975. This date may conflict with other supposed founding years for Metropolis, but it's possible that every date means something and are only apparently contradictory. It's possible that this was the year that Metropolis was settled, but it wasn't until 1702 that Metropolis was incorporated as a city.// ["The Dream Detective," | * May 27: Metropolis is founded. //Note: The founding of Metropolis supposedly happens in 1661, 300 years before the date of this story, which was published in 1961 but which takes place in 1975. This date may conflict with other supposed founding years for Metropolis, but it's possible that every date means something and are only apparently contradictory. It's possible that this was the year that Metropolis was settled, but it wasn't until 1702 that Metropolis was incorporated as a city.// ["The Dream Detective," | ||
=====18th century===== | =====18th century===== | ||
- | 1702: | + | ====1702:==== |
* Metropolis is founded. //Note: Since this date conflicts with other dates of Metropolis' | * Metropolis is founded. //Note: Since this date conflicts with other dates of Metropolis' | ||
- | 1739: | + | ====1739:==== |
* The Atom enters the Time Pool to help Lady Jane de la Mare capture a notorious highwayman Dick Turpin. [THE ATOM #6] | * The Atom enters the Time Pool to help Lady Jane de la Mare capture a notorious highwayman Dick Turpin. [THE ATOM #6] | ||
- | 1770: | + | ====1770:==== |
* A time-traveling Superman from 1978, turned into a blue-skinned boy by a strange effect of Halley' | * A time-traveling Superman from 1978, turned into a blue-skinned boy by a strange effect of Halley' | ||
- | 1776: | + | ====1776:==== |
* Tom Hawk becomes known as Tomahawk. Fighting the British during the Revolutionary War, Tomahawk becomes the leader of a group of volunteers known as Tomahawk' | * Tom Hawk becomes known as Tomahawk. Fighting the British during the Revolutionary War, Tomahawk becomes the leader of a group of volunteers known as Tomahawk' | ||
- | 1783: | + | ====1783:==== |
* The Atom uses the Time Pool to go to American to help the Montgolfier brothers makes the first successful hot-air baloon flight using animals. [THE ATOM #27] | * The Atom uses the Time Pool to go to American to help the Montgolfier brothers makes the first successful hot-air baloon flight using animals. [THE ATOM #27] | ||
- | 1789: | + | ====1789:==== |
* The French Revolution begins. | * The French Revolution begins. | ||
- | 1790: | + | ====1790:==== |
* Victor Frankenstein creates the monster known as the Frankenstein Monster or the Spawn of Frankenstein, | * Victor Frankenstein creates the monster known as the Frankenstein Monster or the Spawn of Frankenstein, | ||
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