Here we have a timeline for the Variants Universe, culled from the Background information. There are some gaps and uncertain dates, and the order of events within a year is not concrete, but it's really kind of amazing to see it all in one fell swoop like this, I think.
| 1919 | Captain Tomorrow begins adventuring career |
| 1920 | Stingray begins adventuring career |
| 1921 | Danger Asante begins adventuring career |
| 1922 | Appearance of Stormwolf in London |
| 192? | MEDUSA created |
| 1928 | Jann and Danger Asante meet during the Case of the Desert Dilemma |
| 1930 | Stormwolf gains control of powers, stops killing quite so many people |
| 1934 | Captain Tomorrow retires, vanishes |
| 193? | Stingray vanishes |
| 193? | Appearance of Lepidopterist, Muse, Sphinx, Toy Man, Molly Irish and other "Game" villains |
| 1936 | Mollusk appears |
| 1937 | formation of the Danger Squad |
| Lepidopterist internalizes pheromone powers |
| 1938 | First gamma-level variants recorded |
| 1939 | Killer Thunder suit discovered, begins predation |
| Mollusk vanishes |
| 1940 | Silver Centurion imprisoned |
| 1943 | Aviatrix killed in action against the Germans |
| 1944 | Jann's death in battle against the Nazis |
| 1945 | Dr. Templar and Miss Twilight marry |
| Commander Nazi shut down |
| "Fourth Reich" community formed in Argentina |
| 1946 | Stormwolf retires |
| 1952 | Stormchild born to Dr. Templar and Miss Twilight (sister Balance born later?) |
| 195? | !dar under Mortius' control kidnapping variants |
| 1953 | Danger Squad disbands |
| 1954 | Death of the Great Hunt |
| Variants vanish from the world scene |
| 1958 | Windjammers rise to prominence |
| 1962 | Sa Hud and Crystal Dragons destroyed (?) by the Windjammers |
| 1963 | Dolphin appears, fights the Crystal Dragons |
| Variants begin appearing again |
| Chinese government begins variant recruitment/indoctrination program |
| 1965 | Death in prison of "Fast Eddie" Filmore |
| Nocturne I begins vigilante career |
| Shtorm appears |
| Stormchild's debut |
| 1967 | Mariner Corporation formed by J. T. Leonard and the former Windjammers |
| 1968 | Aquarians appear |
| Centauri appears |
| Flower Children form in London |
| Centauri vanishes in space |
| 1969 | Sunrise's powers emerge, joins Aquarians |
| First contact with Galactic Council |
| Greer exiled to Earth from the Twilight Realms |
| 1969-1970 | Aquarians disappear, involved in resolution of Pellambran conflict |
| 1970 | Variant/Human Rights Act passed in the US |
| Dr. Templar killed by Greer |
| Dolphin declares war on whaling |
| Comet appears |
| Centigrade appears |
| 1971 | Pyre appears |
| 1972 | Plovians arrive in solar system, gear up for war |
| 197? | CHIMERA created |
| Gabriel Michaels works at Taurus Industries |
| 1973 | Dr.s Dutton and Beckett perform illegal research into cloning and variance induction; appearance of Baron Mind |
| Crystal Lynn's death (suicide?) from a drug overdose; possibly related disappearance of Sophomore; Flower Children disband |
| Stars change alignment, Concordance loses powers |
| 1974 | Aquarians disband |
| Francis Bouie's variance manifests |
| 197? | Chinese government attacks Black Dragon Monastery |
| Michaels discovers existence of WCL, Taurus' role |
| 1975 | Dr. Cold becomes Dr. Fimbulwinter |
| Bouie and Lady Greystoke marry |
| 1976 | Ultra imprisoned by Stormchild |
| 1977 | Nocturne I retires |
| Sargeant Master Stryker marries high school sweetheart Penelope-Sue |
| 1978 | Greer imprisoned |
| Prospero disappears |
| CIA agent Shannon Burkowski dies, complications arising from experimental cancer surgery. |
| Tempest appears |
| 1979 | Dolphin sinks Soviet submarine |
| Comet retires |
| Bouie approached by the Pentagon to build military suits |
| 1980 | Formation of the Host |
| Miss Twilight's death (natural causes) |
| Flower Children reunite to fight Greer with Stormchild, who is killed; Greer imprisoned |
| Deaths of John Lennon and Dove at the hands of Luther Kensington |
| Black Dragon appears in Harborview |
| Dragonhand appears |
| Death appears |
| Spyder appears |
| Crystal Dragons becoming active again |
| Black Dragon defeats Metalfist, who is then subverted by the Sidari |
| The Host encounters Mobius, finds evidence of coming Plovian invasion |
| Ground Zero members acquire powers |
| Dr. Fimbulwinter becomes Lord Fimbulwinter |
| Trans Bialka facility linked to the Black Rose destroyed by The Host |
| Felix Javelin returns to the US |
| 1981 | Danger Asante's death reported by Apollyon |
| Expose on Crystal Dragons published by Karin Cless, LA Time reporter |
| Ground Zero formed, battles TECH at New Horizons |
| Sisterhood appears in L.A. |
| Tempest Scenario: SysGen goes into business (WCL front company), hires Felix Javelin |
| Ground Zero forms in Harborview |
| Gila killed by Ground Zero |
| The Host issues warnings of Plovian invasion |
| Nocturne I dies of cancer |
| 198? | Commander Nazi reactivated |
| 1982 | Coven attempt to open Daemongrid in Carribean disrupted by Ground Zero |
| Spyder visits Harborview |
| Nocturne's company NightCom becomes TI subsidiary |
| Tempest disappears |
| 1983 | Plovians invade Earth. |
| Plovians surrendur. War casualties: Sunrise (Aquarians); Black Flag (Ground Zero) |
| Felix Javelin leaves SysGen, travels to the East Coast, institutionalized after crimes |
| 1984 | Flame 1 captured, Flame II appears |
| Detroit Warriors form |
| Justice Defenders form |
| ? Comet commits suicide |
| Death thought killed by Ground Zero (turned out to be still alive) |
| Nightengale arrives in London |
| Anthony Taurus leaves Taurus Industries |
| 1985 | Tempest Scenario: WCL releases clones, SysGen dissolved |
| Metalfist entirely under Sidari control |
| Assassins' Pantheon broken up |
| It trapped in Earth orbit by Split Second |
| Ultra released from its prison by a drilling accident |
| Taurus elected mayor of New York |
| 1986 | Tempest Scenario: clones' TK powers become active |
| Anthony Giabaldi dies, possibly murdered by Concussion |
| Shadowjack dies? possibly murdred by Concussion |
| Novel based on Black Flag's life published |
| Madame Portent and friends decamp to Europe, re-form Carnival |
| Black Dragon injured in a battle with Sidari. A Black Dragon appears in China to defend the Monastery against government action |
| The Pack formed |
| Daemonwar. Casualties: Impulse, Black Dragon, Orion, Wild Card, possibly Split Second (Ground Zero); NRG (Justice Defenders); possibly Death; Sabertooth |
| 1987 | Revolution forms in Boston |
| Manhattan Project forms in New York |
| Susan Bates (SB3) killed by Traveler |
| Swordbearers form in Harborview |
| Mollusk reappears, joins Swordbearers |
| Wyld revealed as BLF agent |
| Wuxia appear |
| Felix Javelin escapes |
| Revolution destroys WCL lab in Poughkeepsie, NY (with considerable help from the self-destructs). Tempest sighted. |
| Future members of Section 8 start at Lancaster |
| New Sabertooth appears |
| Penumbra form, have mysterious adventures |
| 1988 | Hampington and VelJohnson are killed (again) |
| Baron Mind takes control of SHRIMP |
| Section 8 forms, defeats Mobius, accidentally creates him and sends him backwards in time |
