Pre-Golden Age 19 billion years ago to 1937

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19 billion years ago

• The Source creates and is created by the Universe

18 billion years ago

• The GodWorld forms out of native elements, beginning the First World

17 billion years ago

• Life appears on the GodWorld, beginning the Second World

15 billion years ago

• Humanoid life attains "godhood" on the GodWorld
• The Big Bang

10 billion years ago

• Group of advanced Maltusians emigrate to Oa

5 billion years ago

• The Old Gods die in Ragnarok
• The GodWave is generated
• Star Sol is ignited

4.8 billion years ago

• Apokolips and New Genesis begin to form out of the remnants of the GodWorld

4.5 billion years ago

• Planet Earth forms from dust and gases around Sol

4.3 billion years ago

• Life appears on Apokolips and New Genesis

4.0004 billion years ago

• Renegade Oan Krona links past and future together, releasing entropy into the Universe
• Guardians of the Universe
• Controllers
• Guardians trap all random magic into Starheart

4 billion years ago

• Life appears on Earth

3 billion years ago

• Manhunters
• Green Lantern Corps

2.5 billion years ago

• Oan race splits among gender lines, females evolve into Zamarons

100,000 years ago

• Homo Magi found Atlantis
• Immortal Man
• Vandal Savage
• First woman killed by man's aggression

40,000 years ago

• The GodWave makes its first pass over Earth
• King Orin builds transparent dome over Poseidonis
• Atlantis sinks from impact of skull-shaped meteorite
• Shalako leads discordant Atlanteans to Tritonis
• Poseidonians adapted to amphibian life
• Shalako curses his people and is killed
• Tritonians embrace dark magic and evolve into mer-people
• Dardanus rapes Cora to sire Kordax
• Kordax leads Tritonians against Poseidonis
• King Honsu wages war on surface world
• Atlan helps guide the Atlanteans

35,000 years ago

• First Terrestrial "Gods" appear, beginning the Third World

30,000 years ago

• Denizens of Apokolips and New Genesis attain "Godhood", beginning the Fourth World

15,000 years ago

• Uxas visits Earth, creates schism in Greco/Roman gods

14,000 years ago

• Metron

5,000 BC

• Dr Mist

15th century BC

• Nabu, Lord of Order

1,200 BC

• Amazon race born
• Herakles attacks Amazons, steals Golden Girdle of Gaea
• Amazons split into 2 factions, 1 following Hippolyta to Paradise Island, the other following Antiope
• Egyptian temple containing power of Shazam built

3,600 years ago

• Prince Khufu Kha-Tarr kills Hath-Set in Egypt, beginning curse of Hawkman

Roman Empire

• Golden Gladiator

1,500 years ago

• Wild Huntsman stalks mankind

6th century

• Camelot
• Arthur
• Merlin unleashes Etrigan the Demon to battle Morgan Le Fay, then binds it to Jason Blood
• Silent Knight
• Shining Knight I

1,300 years ago

• Darkseid (Uxas)
• Darkseid places Tigra in Hyperfreeze

964

• Viking Prince

1,000 years ago

• The rebounding GodWave passes over Earth for the second time

1191

• Etrigan attacks the Pope's Cardinal in Jerusalem and becomes a favorite of Lucifer's.

16th century

• Golem created by Rabbi Loew in Prague, then disappears
• Ragman

1648

• Port O'Souls settled by Puritan and Huguenot refugees later, site for Opal City

1660

• Jason Blood/Etrigan journeys to the New World

310 years ago

• Tigra released from Hyperfreeze
• Orion born on Apokolips

301 years ago

• Scott Free born on New Genesis

300 years ago

• Highfather (Izaya)
• Highfather makes peace treaty with Darkseid, known as "The Pact"
• Darkseid and Highfather exchange Orion and Scott Free

Late 1700s, Early 1800s

• Tomahawk
• Uncle Sam
• Hawk, son of Tomahawk
• Firehair

250 years ago

• Big Barda born on Apokolips

205 years ago

• A mysterious female wearing a Superman-like costume appears in the Arctic

200 years ago

• Scott Free escapes from Granny Goodness' orphanage to Earth

1826

• Daily Planet founded

1838

• Windrunner (Max)
• Shade

1844

• Max skims the edge of the Speed Force

Mid- to Late 1800s

• Bat Lash
• Jonah Hex
• Nighthawk
• Don Caballero
• El Diablo
• Johnny Thunder I
• Madame .44
• Trigger Twins
• Matt Savage

1880

• Shade visits Opal City for the first time

1884

• Brian Savage becomes sheriff of Opal City, later becomes Scalphunter

1891

• Max appears, changes name to Whip Whirlwind
• Shade makes Opal City his home
• Eclipso freed from Heart of Darkness

1899

• Dr Occult and Rose Psychic raised by Zator and The Seven

1909

• Opal City begins expansion

World War 1 era

• Balloon Buster
• Enemy Ace

1917

• Etrigan slaughters the British at Ypres, France

1919

• Morpheus imprisoned

1930

• Opal City epansion ends, older part of the city renamed Old Town or Oldtown

1935

• Dr Occult's first recorded appearance

1937

• Max reappears from Speed Force, changes name to Quicksilver, operates clandestinely

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