SPOILERS
6600 B.C.:
Two Thanagarian law officers, Katar & Chay-Ara Hol find themselves stranded on the primitive planet Earth. They use their advanced technology to make the desert bloom and build Egypt. The people love them and against the Thanagarians' protests, they are worshiped as Gods. [?] *
1492:
The instructions on how to perform the Way of the Fang fighting art, including the o-nemuri "eternal sleep" touch is hidden away by Yoru Sensei's Great-Great-Great Grandfather. [?]
1879: Once & Future Thing *
1883: Showdown *
1898:
Gotham University is founded. [?]
Avatar *
February 1944:
Project 'Captain Nazi', a Nazi plan to create a race of super soldiers, is foiled by Spy Smasher. He takes the super-powered soldier serum from the Nazis and gives it to the United States military for testing. [?]
1953:
Thomas Wayne, Leslie Thompkins, & Matthew Thorne graduate from medical school. [?]
1956:
Temple Fugate is born. [?]
1957:
Tony Zucco is born. [?]
1962:
Bruce Wayne is born. [?]
1964:
Pamela Isley is born. [?]
1969:
Lois Lane is born. [?]
Bane*
November 1970:
8 year old Bruce Wayne witnesses his parents being murdered in Park Row after seeing a 30th Anniversary showing of "The Mark of Zorro". Shortly after this event, Bruce is comforted by Dr. Leslie Thompkins, a close friend of his father. [?]
1974:
Dick Grayson is born. [?]
1977:
8 year old Lois Lane & her younger sister Lucy are forced to say goodbye to their house guest Titano, a monkey that is sent into space by the military, and presumed lost. [?]
1979:
Victor Fries meets his future wife Nora for the first time. In later years this event is remembered by Fries as the happiest day of his life. [?]
1980-1981:
18 year old Bruce Wayne, who has been training in the art of escape with the magician Zatara, and is romantically involved with the magician's daughter Zatanna, leaves them behind to train in Japan. While in Japan he trains with Kyodai Ken under Yoru Sensei. [?]
1982:
20yo Bruce Wayne, having returned to Gotham and on the verge of becoming Batman, begins a doomed relationship with Andrea Beaumont. In this time Bruce begins fighting crime, discovers the Bat Cave, sets his sights on the future design of the Batmobile, and finally decides to become Batman to terrify his foes. This is also the first time he crosses paths with the man who will one day become The Joker. [?]
1983:
Bruce takes in 9 year old Dick Grayson after his parents are murdered by Tony Zucco. [?]
1984: Baby-Doll *
1985:
29 year old efficiency expert Temple Fugate, a man obsessed with keeping a schedule, goes insane when following the advice of lawyer Hamilton Hill makes Temple late to appeal a multi-million dollar verdict against his company. [?]
1987:
23 year old Pamela Isely rescues one of the last Wild Roses from the threat of extinction due to the construction of the new Gotham Stonegate Penitentiary. She begins to plan the downfall of those most directly involved: Bruce Wayne & new District Attorney Harvey Dent. The groundbreaking ceremony at which Pam saves the Rose is also attended by Hamilton Hill, who is now Mayor, and police commissioner Gordon. [?]
1989:
Killer Croc becomes a champion pro wrestler in Miami, Florida. He had previously found work as a carnival sideshow attraction. [?]
1991:
Software designer Edward Nygma, creator of Competitron's popular "Riddle of the Minotaur" game, is unfairly fired by Daniel Mockridge, his Competitron boss. Though Edward's creation is providing his former company millions of dollars, the contract that he signed doesn't allow for him to claim copyrights or receive royalties. [?]
Gothcorp Scientist Victor Fries, who has put his terminally ill wife into cryogenic stasis as part of his experiments so that he may find a cure to save her, is interrupted while making a company video to explain his project. The intruders are Gothcorp head Ferris Boyle & some security men who insist that Fries turn off the cryogenic chamber as it's a waste of money. Victor refuses as his wife will die. A fight ensues and a chemical explosion turns Victor Fries into Mr. Freeze, though he and his wife are believed to have died in the accident. The truth of the events is covered up by Gothcorp. [?]
Killer Croc, now a criminal living in Gotham City, participates in the Union Hit Case and is arrested by Detective Harvey Bullock; soon after he is convicted based on testimony by Spider Conway & Joey "the Snail" Martin. [?]
Bane *
1992: Batman - The Animated Series - Year 1 [?]
Bruce Wayne is 30 years old. [?]
1993: Batman - The Animated Series - Year 2 [?]
Bruce Wayne is 31 years old. [?]
1994: Batman - The Animated Series - Year 3 [?]
Bruce Wayne is 32 years old. [?]
1996: Superman: The Animated Series - Year 1 [?]
1997: The New Batman Adventures - Year 1 / The New Superman Adventures - Year 2 [?]
1998: The New Batman Adventures - Year 2 / The New Superman Adventures - Year 3 [?]
After 2005:
Green Lantern John Stewart & Hawkgirl have a son named Rex Stewart. Rex grows up and joins the Justice League Unlimited as Warhawk. [?] *
2009:
There is a near apocalypse set in motion by the schemes of Ra's Al Ghul, prevented by Batman with the help of the villain's daughter Talia. [?]
Before 2020 (before Bruce retires as Batman):
Amanda Waller realizes that Batman is aging and slowing down; that he may be forced to retire or more likely die at the hands of one of his many enemies. She has come to believe that the world needs a Batman and uses her old Cadmus Project contacts to help her try to make a new one. She gathers the technology to create Project Batman Beyond. She collects a sample of Batman's DNA (from a blood sample left at the scene of one of Batman's encounters) and sets out to find a married couple that can nearly match the psychological profiles of Thomas & Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents. [?]
2020:
58 year old Bruce Wayne retires as Batman when he suffers a heart attack during a hostage situation, and is forced to defend himself with a gun. [?]
2023:
Amanda Waller's Batman Beyond Project sees to it that Warren McGinnis is injected with a nano-tech solution that is programmed to rewrite his reproductive material into an exact replica of Bruce Wayne's. [?]
2024:
Warren's wife Mary gives birth to Terrence "Terry" McGinnis. [?]
2032:
Warren, Mary & Terry see the theatrical release of "The Gray Ghost Strikes", and without their knowledge are nearly killed by Andrea Beaumont, the Phantasm, who was hired by Amanda Waller to kill Terry's parents and set him on a course to become the new Batman. The plan fails when Andrea is unable to make the kill. Waller eventually agrees with Andrea's decision, acknowledging that Batman would never stoop to murder and that if she was intending to honor all that he stood for then she could never do so while resorting to such methods. [?]
2040: Batman Beyond - Year 1 [?]
Terry McGinnis is 16 years old, and despite Amanda Waller's decision to spare Terry's parents 8 years earlier, Terry's father is killed by Derek Powers and his henchman Mr. Fixx. Terry meets Bruce Wayne (his biological father) for the first time, and becomes the new Batman; Terry & Bruce are unaware that they share a genetic bond.
2041: Batman Beyond - Year 2 / The Zeta Project - Year 1 [?]
2042: Batman Beyond - Year 3 / The Zeta Project - Year 2 [?]
After 2043:
Static Shock travels to the future and meets Terry McGinnis & his future self.
Before 2054:
Terry McGinnis & Dana Tan separate. [?]
2054:
Terry McGinnis & Dana Tan begin a new relationship. [?]
2069:
When Bruce's kidneys fail & they need a tissue donor to clone new ones Terry learns that he's a perfect histocompatibility match & begins to suspect a darker connection with Bruce Wayne. Once he works up the nerve to get a DNA test he learns that he's a near clone of Bruce. Terry begins to suspect that Bruce was so arrogant that he believed the world couldn't go on without him (or someone like him); that maybe he dug up some old Cadmus nanotech to work his perverted magic. Terry tracks down Amanda Waller for answers while he imagines confronting Bruce, breaking up with Dana (who knows that he is Batman) and leaving the Justice League. Amanda reveals the truth; that it wasn't Bruce at all, but Amanda herself - and that through the methods used and the compassion that Bruce has shown - Terry isn't Bruce's clone: he's Bruce's son. Terry accepts his place in the world and plans to ask Dana to marry him. [?]
Terry McGinnis is 45. Bruce Wayne is 107.
2979:
Brainiac travels back through time from 2979 to kill Superman when he's a teenager; he's pursued by members of the Legion of Superheroes. This event and it's consequences are erased from the minds of Smallville's residents, including Clark, Ma & Pa Kent, and only remembered by the 3 Legion members who transported into the past: Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy & Chameleon Boy. [?]