dbz timeline

Time Line
Pre-Dragon Ball
Date Event
Over 100 million years B.C. Earliest Kaiou Samma is thought exist
About 75 Million years B.C. The 15th generation Kaioushin, Rou Kaioushin, is sealed in the Z Sword.
About 5 Million years B.C. The evil magician Bibidi is successful in creating Buu. Buu destroys hundreds of planets in the following years. Four of the five Kaioushins are killed by Buu. Dai Kaiou is absorbed by him, giving him a fat appearance. West Kaioushin manages to kill Bibidi and leaves Buu's sphere shell on Earth.
Tens of thousands of years B.C. Annin begins her service of protecting the Furnace of Eight Divinations on the border between the real world and the "Other World".
4237 B.C. Garlic Junior's ancestors migrate to the Earth from their home, Makyo-sei.
739 B.C. Jadoushin becomes the Princess of Serpent Path, and settles in her castle along-side of it.
Approximately 238 B.C. The Legendary Super Saiya-jin appears and wreaks havoc across the Universe.
Approximately 250 A.D. Uranai Baba begins her fortune telling buissnes.
261 A.D. ??ma Daiou travels the Snake Path to get training from Kaiou Samma. Princess Snake meets him and falls in love. ?? Nameck, violent storms ravage the planet and destroy many of the life giving Ajisa plants. Kattatsu sends his son away on a space ship to avoid death. But the storms stop and no one follows the child. The child faces problems and is forced to make a landing on the planet Earth. The young Nameckian's name is....Piccolo.
430 A.D. Muten Roshi is born. Here comes trouble ladies.
431 A.D. Piccolo becomes the apprentice of Kami.
448 A.D. Muten Roshi turns 18 and continues training under Mutaito. He falls in love with Ran-Ran, (A distant ancestor of Ran-Fan perhaps? They both look alike.)
459 A.D. Tsurusennin's brother, Tao Pai Pai, is born.
461 A.D. ??rlic assaults Kami for not choosing him as his successor. He is defeated and trapped by Kami. ??ccolo is the chosen one and ascends to the throne of Kami. ??e evil in Kami's heart leaves him and forms Piccolo Daimaou. Daimaou leads a reign of terror across the Earth, but is sealed in the Denshi Jar by Mutaito's Mafuba technique. Mutaito dies as a result of performing the move.
474 A.D. Darbura inspects the Earth.
Approximately 550 A.D. The first Saiya-jin land on the planet Plant in a mysterious ship.
553 A.D. Muten Roshi starts his world famous collection of dirty magazines.
Approximately 650 A.D. Muten Roshi finds the 3-Star Dragon Ball washed up on his beach.
650 A.D. May 7th The first Tenkaichi Budoukai takes place.
658 A.D. Gohan is born.
662 A.D. Kami tells Mr. Popo what he remembers about his childhood.
698 A.D. Toninjinka is born.
715 A.D. The great Emperor Pilaf is born.
720-730 A.D. ??e Saiya-jin unite and begin a war against the Tsufuru-jin for control of the planet Plant. ??e Tsufuru scientist Dr. Raichi is killed. ??e Tsufuru-jin are completely destroyed by the Saiya-jin. The Saiya-jin take control of the planet and re-name it Vegita. They adapt Tsufuru technology. ??e Saiya-jin begin space travel and meet aliens from other planets.
722 A.D. General Blue from the Red Ribbon Army is born.
730 A.D. Tao Pai Pai starts his career as an assassin.
731 A.D. ??e Saiya-jin begin their partnership with Freeza and start conquering planets for sale. ??ng Vegita marries his queen.
732 A.D. The birth of Prince Vegita.
733 Buruma, Yamucha, and Tenshinhan are born.
733, May 8th Earth's current king is sworn in.
Approximately 735 A.D. Freeza starts to feel misgivings toward the Saiya-jin. It begins a period of controlled chaos.
736 A.D. Kuririn is born
737 A.D. ??Low Class Saiya-jin fighter is born to the Middle Class fighter Bardock. He is rejected by his father as a failure. In his first few days alive he's sent to the planet Earth to destroy it when he grows older. His name is Kakkarotto. ??anet Vegita gains control of the planets Meat and Kanassa. ??ng Vegita's revolt against Freeza ends in failure with his death. ??eeza demands the death of all Saiya-jin. ??rdock dies trying to protect planet Vegita and his future. ??kkarotto lands on Earth. ??u Maou's daughter Chi-chi is born. His wife dies shortly after the birth.
Sometime in between June and August Gohan finds a small baby in the woods. He names him Son Gokou.
738 A.D. Goku hits his head on a rock after falling down a cliff. He stops being a wreckless evil child and becomes a happy loving boy.
739 A.D. Gyu Maou and his daughter at the foot of the mountain o which their castle is atop. A fire spirit is unleashed and sets Mount Ryokei afire. Gyu Mao and his daughter are trapped at the bottom of the mountain. The mountain is renamed Mount Frypan.
740 A.D. ??long is born. ??ririn begins his training at the Orinji Temple. ??bi creates Dr. Myu for the purpose of gathering energy so he can be reborn. Myu is programmed to make Ruudo and all of the other Machine Mutants.
747 A.D. Yamucha meets Puuaru.
748 A.D. The Pheonix Muten Roshi was raising dies of food poisoning. Later, while gathering mushrooms, he discovers a baby sea turtle who got lost.
749 A.D. First ten days of April Buruma enters Senior High School in the Western City.
Sometime in 749 A.D. Buruma discovers the 2-Star Dragon Ball in her basement.
749 A.D. 22 August Buruma discovers the 5-Star Dragon Ball in a cave to the north.

Dragon Ball
Date Event
749 A.D. September 1st ??ruma is on her summer vacation searching for the Dragon Balls. ??ruma meets Goku later that day. ??ruma discovers that the sphere Goku owned, which he thought contained his grandfather's soul, was actually the 4-Star Dragon Ball.
749 A.D. September 2nd In the morning, Goku and Buruma meet Kame Sennin and he gives them the 3-Star Dragon Ball, in exchange for....ahem...well, you know.
749 A.D. September 5th Goku stops the reign of the "terrible" Oolong and an old woman gives him the 6-Star Dragon Ball.
749 A.D. September 6th Goku meets Yamucha for the first time and fights quickly with him, only to have it end in a draw.
749 A.D. September 9th ??ku defeats Yamucha ??ten Roshi uses the Kame Hame Ha to put out the flames on Frypan Mountain. Unfortunately the blast is too strong and destroys the mountain and the castle. Among the debris, the 7-Star Dragon Ball is found. ?? about noon, Goku sends Monster Carrot and his gang to the moon. ??uu and Mai steal all but one of the Dragon Ball's from Gokou and gang. ??laf summons Shenron at night once the Dragon Ball's are gathered. Later, Goku looks at the moon and turns Ohsaru and destroys Pilaf's castle.
749 A.D. September 10th Goku and Kuririn become Muten Roshi's students after finding a female....maid for the pervert. Later, Muten Roshi moves his house to an island and Gokou and Kuririn prepare for their tough training with the martial arts master.
749 A.D. September 11th Muten Roshi, Kuririn and Ranchi spend the day in bed due to eating poisonous puffer-fish the night before.
749 A.D. September 14th At 4:30 AM Goku and Kuririn begin their tough training under Kame Sennin. They will spend the next 8 months training this way.
749 A.D. October 2nd The second term of school begins at the Western City Senior High School.
750 A.D. April 6th Goku and Kuririn increase the weight of the shells on their backs to 40 kg. to increase the results of their training.
750 A.D. April 18th Commander Silver of the Red Ribbon Army begins his search for the Dragon Balls
750 A.D. May 6th Goku, Kuririn and Muten Roshi leave the Kame House to participate in the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai.
750 A.D. May 7th ??e 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai takes place. Jackie Chun wins. Goku takes second place. ??ku, The Red Ribbon Army and Pilaf struggle for control of the Dragon Balls. The Red Ribbon Army get the 6-Star Dragon Ball from Pilaf's base in the desert. They also get the 5 Star Dragon Ball. ??ku and Chi-chi meet again in the Ox King's village.
750 A.D. May 8th In a single day, Goku destroys the Red Ribbon's Muscle Tower in the north.
750 A.D. May 9th ?? 11:02 AM Buruma finishes repairing Goku's broken Dragon Radar. ??ku and Blue Shogun fight in the sky above Penguin Village. Arale-chan beats Blue by herself. ??o Pai Pai kills Blue Shogun with only his tongue in a demonstration of his power. ??ku is beaten almost to death by Tao Pai Pai at the base of Karin Tower. ??ku begins climbing Karin Tower.
750 A.D. May 10th ??mmer vacation begins for Penguin Village High School. ??ku reaches the top of Karin Tower and begins his training which is to take the Super Holy Water from Karin.
750 A.D. May 12th ??ter 3 days of training, Gokou finally gets the Super Holy Water. He's surprised when he finds that it was only plain tap water. It was actually the fighting to get it that made him stronger. ??ku kills Tao Pai Pai at the base of Karin Tower and SINGLE-HANDEDLY destroys the ENTIRE Red Ribbon Army. ?? Uranai Baba's battle arena, Gokou is reunited with his dead grandpa Gohan.
750 A.D. Some time in July. The raining season begins in Namu's village on Nameck.
Between 750 and 753 A.D. ??ku begins his training which is to run around the World. ?? Chao village he fights Kinkaku and Ginkaku. ??ku meets Chintaiken and and fights Tenron in the Gozen-Jiai contest. ??ku enters the Demon World and fights the lord of the Demon World, Shura. ??ku saves Inoshikachou and meets Tenshinhan for the first time.
753 A.D. May 5th ??ku meets Konkichi. ??ku swims to Papaya Island where the 22nd Budoukai will take place.
753 A.D. May 7th ??e 22nd Budoukai takes place. Tenshinhan wins. Goku comes in a close second. ??ririn is killed and Piccolo Daimaou appears.
753 A.D. May 8th Celebration of 20 years under the rulership of the King of the World.
753 A.D. May 9th ??ku kills Piccolo Daimaou. ??ccolo AKA Ma Junior is born. ??ku reaches Kami's Palace and trains there for the next three years with Mr. Popo and Kami.
756 A.D. May 7th ??e 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai begins. ??ku becomes engaged to Chi-chi after their fight in the tournament. ??ku defeats "Ma Junior" and wins the Tenkaichi Budoukai for the first time. ??anning for Goku and Chi-chi's wedding begins, but a mysterious fire erupts and tarps Gyu Maou inside with Chi-chi's wedding dress. Gokou and Chi-chi must search for the Basho Sen to put out the magic flames.
756 A.D. May 8th ??i-chi learns how to be a good bride from Grandma Hakkake. ??ku uses the Basho Sen on the flames, but it doesn't work. He finds the flames are a result of a leak in the Furnace of Eight Divinations on the other side of the World. Goku travels to Mount Gogyou, the home of the Furnace of Eight Divinations where he meets his dead grandpa again. He fixes the hole in the bottom of the furnace and the flames cease around Gyu Maou's castle.
757 A.D. Sometime in May. Gohan is born.
759-760 A.D. Goku is interviewed by Shonen Jump. (I really don't get this. It makes no sense to me. Shonen Jump is the large weekly publication in which Dragon Ball appeared in. I think it's supposed to be SOME kind of joke.)
760-770 A.D. Dr. Myu finds the alien Rirudo and turns him into Machine Mutant Shogun Rirudo. Rirudo uses his great powers to complete the construction of planet M2. The Machine Mutants begin gathering energy to be absorbed by Bebi.
761 A.D. Goku, Piccolo, Kuririn and Gohan battle Garlic Junior and send him into his Dead Zone.

Dragon Ball Z
Date Event
761 A.D. October 12th ??ditzu arrives to retrieve his brother. Goku sacrafices himself, and he and Raditzu are killed by Piccolo's Makkankosappo. ??gita and Nappa stop at a small planet named Arlia. After finding the planet in unsuitable for sale, they destroy the planet. After this, they go into a state of suspended animation in a cold sleep. They're headed for the planet Earth.
A period of several months ??han begins his survival training. ??han falls into ancient ruins and finds a robot. After a disaster, the robot is destroyed. Gohan becomes more mature. ??mucha is employed as a professional baseball player. ??han becomes homesick and tries to escape from his training area and return home. After meeting Pigero and other orphans whose parents where killed in a tsunami, he regains his courage and returns to his training.
762 A.D. Some time in March. Kuririn, Chaozu, Yamucha, Tenshinhan and Yajirobe are training at Kami's Palace.
762 A.D. April 29th Goku arrives at Kaiou Samma's planet.
762 A.D. May 9th Goku finally catches Bubbles. His next training is to hit hit a cricket Gregory with an incredibly heavy hammer.
762 A.D. May 23rd Goku bops Gregory on the head with the hammer.
762 Some time in May. Kuririn, Tenshinhan, Chaozu and Yamucha make a spiritual travel to the old planet Vegita. They are all easily killed by two weak Saiya-jin. When they return to their bodies, they all decide to continue training hard.
762 A.D. November 2nd Goku is ressurected after having completed his training under Kaiou. (Just a little plot hole here. Shenron can't ressurrect anyone if they've been dead for over a year, and since he died in October, this is a bit of a plot hole. But since this is the way it's written in the book, this is how I have to write it.)
762 A.D. November 3rd ??gita and Nappa arrive on Earth. ??han, Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, Chaozu and Kuririn face off against the Saiya-jin. ??ppa, Yamucha, Piccolo, Tenshinhan and Chaozu are all killed. The battle between Gokou and Vegita ends in a draw. ??micro-sized robot made to look like an insect is deployed by Dr. Gero to collect blood samples from the strongest fighters for use in the construction of Cell.
762 A.D. November 4th Goku, Kuririn and Gohan are hospitalized in the East City Hospital.
762 A.D. November 7th Kuririn and Gohan leave the hospital.
762 A.D. November 9th The reconstruction of Kami's spaceship is completed.
762 A.D. November 14th Buruma completes her lessons in the Nameckian language. Gohan, Kuririn and Buruma leave for Nameck.
762 A.D. November 21st Vegita lands on Freeza Planet Number 79.
762 A.D. December 13th Vegita's injuries are completely healed. He leaves immediatley for planet Nameck.
762 A.D. December 18th ??gita, Kiwi, Buruma, Kuririn and Gohan all land on Nameck at about the same time. ??ku leaves for Nameck. ??nde takes Kuririn to meet the Saichourou. ??ccolo, Tenshinhan, Chaozu and Yamucha arrive at Kaiou's planet and begin their training there. ??ku's spaceship gets trapped in the gravity of the star Alpha HZ. By using the Kame Hame Ha he is able to escape a fiery demise.
762 A.D. December 19th Zarbon takes Vegita's beaten body to Freeza's ship to heal him.
762 A.D. December 20th ??gita fights Zarbon for the second time. He kills him. ??ririn takes Gohan to meet the Saichourou. ?? Freeza's order, The Giniyu Tokusentai's mission to Yardrat is delayed. They leave for Nameck.
762 A.D. December 23rd Gokou completes his training under 100g gravity.
762 A.D. December 24th ??e Ginyu Tokusentai are destroyed. ??ccolo is revived. Kuririn is killed. ??ku becomes the Legendary Super Saiya-jin and defeats Freeza. ??e planet Nameck blows up.
763 A.D. May 3rd Kuririn and Yamucha are revived by the Nameckian Dragon Balls.
763 A.D. September 9th ??nshinhan and Chaozu are revived. ??e refugee Nameckians are transported to New Nameck by a wish to the Nameckian Dragon Balls.
763 A.D. Sometime in October. After 5,000 years the Makyo-sei approaches Earth and Garlic Jr. is freed from his Dead Zone. But he is again defeated by Gohan and trapped for good in the Dead Zone since the Makyo-sei is destroyed.
Exact Date Unknown ??ll arrives in Trunks' Time Machine and goes underground to absorb nutrients. ??eeza's cyborg body is completed.
764 A.D. Some time in August. ??unks arrives. He kills Freeza and King Kold. ??kou returns to Earth.
Unknown Dates ??gita undergoes gravity training to become a Super Saiya-jin. ??relationship slowly developes between Vegita and Buruma. ??ku and Piccolo attend driving school to get their driver's licenses. ??oler arrives on Earth. He's defeated by Super Saiya-jin Gokou.
766 A.D. Trunks is born.
767 A.D. Goten is born.
767 A.D. May 7th The 24th Tenkaichi Budoukai takes place. Mr. Satan is the winner.
767 A.D. May 12th ??l of the Artificial Humans appear. Cell shows up later that day. ??ccolo and Kami fuse. Piccolo is temporarily the strongest character. ??kou suffers from his viral heart disease. ??e Cell of the present is destroyed along with Dr. Gero's underground lab by Kuririn and Trunks.
767 A.D. May 15th ??ku's heart disease is cured by the medicine Trunks brought from the future. ??gita and Trunks enter the Room of Spirit and Time.
767 A.D. May 16th ??ll reaches his second stage. ??ll reaches his perfect form. ??ku and Gohan enter the Room of Spirit and Time.
767 A.D. May 17th ??ll announces the Cell Game to the entire World. ??kou and Gohan exit the Room of Spirit and Time. Piccolo enters it.
767 A.D. May 18th ??ccolo exits the Room of Spirit and Time, Vegita enters it again. ??han enters Lime's village and saves it from Barbon's evil intentions.
767 A.D. May 19th ??ku and his family go for a picnic. ?? around noon, Cell single-handedly destroys the Royal Army. ??nde becomes the new Kami. ??gita exits the Room of Spirit and Time. Trunks enters.
767 A.D. May 20th Trunks exits the Room of Spirit and Time.
767 A.D. May 26th ?? 12 noon the Cell Game begins. ??ku dies a second time by sacraficing himself to save the Earth. ??han completely destroys Cell.
767 A.D. May 27th ??kou's funeral. ??unks returns to his time.
767 A.D. Between May and June. ??ku visits Dai Kaiou's planet and meets Dai Kaiou. ??ku particpates in the Annoyoichi Budoukai which was planned in "honor" of North Kaiou's death. Goku fights Pikehan. He finds him to be similar to Piccolo by his fighting and training style. ??ibi Trunks takes his first steps. ??documentary is broadcast on TV covering the events of the life of the World Champion Mr. Satan.
768 A.D. Doll-taki is employed by Dr. Myu. His task is to gather energy to awaken M2's greatest Machine Mutant, Ruudo. Doll-taki does his job well and gets to work on gathering energy on planet Ruudo.
770 A.D. Kuririn and No. 18 get married.
771 A.D. Marron is born.
773 A.D. Kaioushin and Kibito travel to Earth to search for the sphere in which Majin Buu is sealed.
774 A.D. March 28th Gohan finishes the first grade level at Orange Star High School.
774 A.D. April 7th ??ere's a sighting of the Golden Haired Warrior in Satan City ??han begins the second grade level at Orange Star High School. He meets Videl. ??han meets Buruma at 3 PM. She works on a transformation suit for him so he can disguise himself when fighting crime. She finishes at 5 PM. ??e Great Saiyaman appears for the first time!
774 A.D. April 8th Videl discovers that Gohan is the Great Saiyaman.
774 A.D. April 9th ??han teaches Videl how to fly. ??uthern Kaiou checks out Gokou's training.
774 A.D. April 10th Vegita finds out that Chibi Trunks is able to turn Super Saiya-jin.
774 A.D. April 20th Videl masters the flying technique.
774 A.D. May 7th ??e 25th Tenkiachi Budoukai takes place. ??ku returns to Earth for a single day to compete in the tournament. ??jin Buu appears. Vegita sacrafices his life trying to defeat him. ??u kills Babidi. ??e to turning Super Saiya-jin 3, Gokou is forced to return to the after-life early. ??han mistakenly frees Rou Kaioushin from the Z Sword. Rou Kaioushin begins the ceremony to upgrade Gohan's power. ??n a side note, if you ask me, all of these events seem to take place over a longer amount of time. I think the writers of the Daizenshyu may have messesd up. I believe these particular events were spread out over a period of two days, but who am I to argue.)
774 A.D. May 8th ??ccolo, Gotenks and Gohan are absorbed by Buu. ??u kills almost every single person on Earth. ??u Kaioushin gives Gokou his life allowing him to return to Earth. ??gita returns to Earth with the help of Uranai Baba. ??u destroys the Earth. ??runga restores the Earth. ??gita's life is restored when all of the good people who died are wished back to life. ??kou destroys Buu with the Super Genki Dama.
774 A.D. September 7th Shenron erases everyone's memories of Buu.
778 A.D. May 7th The 26th Tenkiachi Budoukai takes place. Mr. Satan is the winner. Buu comes in second.
779 A.D. Pan is born to Gohan and Videl.
780 A.D. Bra is born to Vegita and Buruma.
781 A.D. May 7th The 27th Tenkiachi Budoukai takes place. Mr. Satan wins. Buu comes in second place.
784 A.D. May 7th The 28th Tenkaichi Budoukai takes place. Gokou leaves with Uub to train him.

Dragon Ball GT
Date Event
789 A.D. ??ku, Pan and Trunks blast off into outers space to search for the Ultimate Dark Star Dragon Balls. ??ter 9 months in outer space, Gokou meets Baby. ??byi is outnumbered so he escapes to Earth where he takes control of almost every person and becomes more powerful. ??byi uses the Ultimate Dark Star Dragon Balls to create Planet Tsufuru. ??ku reaches Super Saiya-jin 4. ??ku and Baby partake in a titanic battle which ends with the death of Baby and the destrcution of the Tsufuru race.