| Time | Event(s) |
| More than 100 million years BC | Earliest confirmation of existence of the King Kaio-sama. |
| Approx. 75 million years B.C. | Somebody seals up the Kaioshin Elder (15th generation Kaioshin) in the Z-Sword. |
| Approx. 5 million years BC | The evil sorcerer Bibidi creates Majin Buu. In the following years, Buu destroys hundreds of planets. 4 of the five Kaioshins are killed by Buu. Buu is sealed up in a sphere and taken to Earth by Bibidi. The Eastern Kaioshin kills Bibidi and leaves Buu's sphere on the Earth's surface. |
| Tens of thousands of years BC | Annin (Taijohroh-kun) begins her supervision over the Furnace of Eight Divinations, on the border between this world and the 'other side'. |
| 4237 years BC | The demons that are the ancestors of Garlic Jr. and the rest migrate from Makyoh-sei to Earth. |
| 739 years BC | Jadohshin (The God of Snake Way) becomes the Princess Snake and settles down in a house on the Snake Way. |
| About 238 years BC | According to Saiya-jin legend, the Super Saiya-jin appears. The universe is shaken up by death and destruction. |
| About 250 BC | Uranai Baba begins fortunetelling. |
| 261 AD | King Enma traverses Snake Way to get to King Kaio-sama. On the way, he meets Princess Snake and she falls in love with him. An ecological disaster occurs on Planet Namek. Katattsu's son escapes. He makes an emergency landing on Earth. |
| 430 AD | Master Roshi is born. |
| 431 AD | Katattsu's son becomes the apprentice of Earth's King Kame. |
| 448 AD | Master Roshi, now 18 years old, is under training by Mutaito; he falls in love with Fan-Fan. |
| 459 AD | Tao-pie Pie is born. |
| 461 AD | The demon Garlic assaults the Earth's King Kame, but is defeated. Katattsu's son becomes King Kame of Earth.At that same time, the evil Piccolo Daimao is born out of the expelled evil from the new King Kame's body. He is sealed up in a rice cooker by Mutaito's Mafuba technique. Mutaito dies. |
| 474 AD | Dabla investigates Earth. |
| About 550 AD | The first Saiya-jins drift ashore on the planet Plant in a mysterious spacecraft. |
| 553 AD | Master Roshi starts collecting dirty books and magazines. |
| About 650 AD | Master Roshi finds the 3-star Dragonball on the ocean floor. |
| 650 AD, 7th of May | The first Tenkaichi Budoukai. |
| 658 AD | Son Gohan is born. |
| 662 AD | Earth's King Kame tells Mr. Popo about his childhood. |
| 715 AD | Pilaf is born. |
| 720-730 AD | On the Planet Plant, the Saiya-jins unite and start a rebellion. An all-out war breaks out between them and the Tsufuru-jin. The Tsufuru-jin are overrun by the Saiya-jins. The Tsufuru scientist Dr. Lychee dies. The Hate-Amplifier 800 (Hacchihyakku) is shot into space. The Tsufuru-jin are utterly destroyed. The Saiya-jins conquer the entire planet, which is renamed Planet Vegeta. At the same time, they take over Tsufuru technology like the Scouter. The Saiya-jins commence space travel and encounter beings from other planets. |
| 722 AD | General Blue from the Red Ribbon Army is born. |
| 730 AD | Tao-pie Pie begins his carreer as an assassin. |
| 731 AD | The Saiya-jins begin relations with Freeza and start selling conquered planets. King Vegeta marries his Queen. |
| 732 AD | Vegeta is born. |
| 733 AD | Bulma, Yamcha, and Tenshinhan are born. |
| 733 AD, 8th of May | Enthronement of Earth's present King. |
| About 735 | Freeza begins to feel antipathy towards the Saiya-jins. Unrest and riots begin on Planet Vegeta. |
| About 736 | Krillin is born. |
| About 737 | Kakarroto (Son Goku) is born. Planet Vegeta gains control over planets Meat and Kanassa. King Vegeta's rebellion against Freeza ends as a failure. Freeza declares war to the Saiya-jins. Goku's father Bardock is killed in battle. Freeza destroys Planet Vegeta. Kakarroto is sent away from Planet Vegeta. He lands on Earth. Ox King's daughter Chi Chi is born. Her mother dies of an illness. |
| 737, between June and August | Kakarroto is found by an old Son Gohan. He calls the boy Goku. |
| 738 | Goku hits his head after a fall from a cliff. His personality changes completely and instead of a ferocious Saiya-jin, he becomes a calm and cheerful boy. |
| 739 | Ox King and baby Chi Chi go for a picnic. During their absence, a fire spirit is unleashed in Mount Ryohkei near Ox King's castle and the mountain starts erupting fire. After this, Mount Ryohkei's name changes to Mount Frypan. |
| 740 | Baby creates Dr. Myuu because he needs lots of energy. So he programs Myuu to create the Machine Mutants, which leads to the development of Ruudo and all of the other mutants. Oolong is born. Krillin begins his apprenticeship in the Oorin Temple. |
| 747 | Yamcha meets Puar. |
| 747 | The Phoenix bird Master Roshi had been raising dies of food poisoning. While gathering edible mushrooms, he finds the lost child of a sea-turtle. |
| 749 | April 1-10: Bulma enters the Senior High School of the West City. |
| Month unknown: In the cellar of her own house, Bulma discovers the 2-Star Dragonball. |
| August 22: In a cave in the north, Bulma discovers the 5-Star Dragonball. |
| September1: Bulma is in her summer vacation. Bulma meets Goku. Bulma discovers that Goku's last gift from his Grandfather is actually the 4-Star Dragonball. |
| September 2: In the morning, Goku and Bulma meet Master Roshi and receive from him the 3-Star Dragonball. |
| September 5: Goku takes care of Oolong. Old woman Paozu gives him the 6-Star Dragonball. |
| September 6: Goku meets Yamcha. |
| September 9: Goku defeats Yamcha. |
| September 9: Goku defeats Yamcha. Master Roshi uses his Kamehameha to put out Mount Frypan's flames. Among the debris of Ox King's Castle, Bulma finds the 7-Star Dragonball. Around midday, Goku beats up the Rabbit Gang. Pilaf and company steal the 2-7 Star Dragonballs. At night, all Dragonballs are gathered and Shenlong is summoned. When the full moon appears, Goku changes into a giant monkey and completely destroys Pilaf's castle. |
| September 10: Goku and Krillin become Master Roshi's apprentices. |
| September 11: Master Roshi, Krillin and Launch spend the day sick in bed, because of the poisonous puffer fish they ate the day before. |
| September 14: At 4.30 PM, Goku's and Krillin's training begins. The next 8 months they spend training. |
| October 2: Beginning of the second term at the West City Senior High School. |
| 750 | April 6: Goku and Krillin increase the weight of the shells they carry on their backs during training to 40 kg. |
| April 18: Red Ribbon Commander Silver begins his search for the Dragonballs. |
| May 6: Goku and gang leave the Kame House to participate in the Tenkaichi Budokai. |
| May 7: The 21st Tenkaichi Budokai. Jacky Chun wins the tournament. Goku is second. Goku, Pilaf and the Red Ribbon Army struggle for the possession of the 6-Star Dragonball. The Red Ribbon Army snatches away the 6-Star Dragonball from Pilaf's secret base in the desert. After this, they also gain possession of the 5-Star Dragonball. Goku and Chi Chi meet again in Ox King's village. |
| May 8: Muscle Tower, the RR Base in the north, is destroyed by Goku. |
| May 9: At 11.02 PM, Bulma has finished repairing Goku's Dragon-radar. Goku and Commander Blue fight near Penguin Village. Blue is taken care of by Arale-chan. Blue is killed by Tao-pie Pie. Goku defeats Tao-pie Pie on the holy ground of Karin. Goku begins climbing Karin Tower. |
| May 10: Beginning of the summer vacation at Penguin Village High School. Goku aborts his climb of Karin Tower. He begins training in order to take away the Super Holy Water from Karin. |
| May 12: After 3 days of training, Goku is able to snatch away the Super Holy Water from Karin. Goku defeats Tao-pie Pie and destroys the Red Ribbon base. In Uranai Baba's shrine, Goku is reunited with his dead foster father Gohan. |
| July: Beginning of the raining season in Nam's village. |
| Between 750 and 753 AD | Goku begins a training journey.In Chao Village, he deals with Kinkaku and Ginkaku. He meets Chintaiken and fights against Tenron in the Gozen-Jiai contest. Goku enters the gate to the Demon-world in Royal Castle Cles and fights against Shura. After having dealt with Inoshikachoh, Goku meets Tienshinhan. |
| 753 | May 5: Goku meets Konkichi. He leaves for the island of Papaiya, where the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai will take place. |
| May 7: Opening of the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. Tienshinhan wins. Goku is second. Piccolo Daimaoh appears. |
| May 8: Celebration of 20 years of rulership by the present King in King Castle. |
| May 9: Goku defeats Piccolo Daimao. Ma Junior is born. Goku travels to Kame's Palace and for the next 3 years, he trains under King Kame. |
| 756 | May 7: 23d Tenkaichi Budokai takes place. 18 year old Goku gets engaged with Chi Chi, one of his opponents. Goku wins the Budokai for the first time. Ma Junior is second. Goku and Chi Chi's wedding ceremony takes place near Mt. Frypan. During the ceremony, Ox King's castle starts burning. To put out the flames, they must find the Bashohsen. |
| May 8: Chi Chi learns how to be a bride from Hakkake-baasan. Goku, after having brought the Bashohsen, finds out that the flames at Ox King's castle are a special fire of the Furnace of Eight Divinations. Goku travels to Mt. Gogyoh, the location of the Furnace of Eight Divinations. There he meets Gohan-jiichan. Goku extinguishes the Furnace of Eight Divinations. |
| 757, May | Son Gohan is born. |
| 759-760 | Goku is interviewed by the Shonen Jump. |
| 760-770 | Dr. Myuu finds an alien named "Rirudo" and turns him into the Machine Mutant Shogun Rirudo. Shogun Rirudo uses his powers to complete the creation of planet M2. The mutants on M2 begin gathering energy to be sent to Baby. |
| 761 | Unknown: Goku and Gohan fight Garlic Junior. |
| October 12: Raditz arrives on Earth. He and Goku are killed. Vegeta and Nappa head for Earth. Along the way, they destroy the Planet Arlia and go into cold sleep after this. |
| Following Months: Gohan is trained by Piccolo. Gohan, after falling down some ancient ruins in the desert, meets an old robot. Gohan grows more mature after this encounter. Yamcha is a part-time professional baseball player. Homesick Gohan manages to escape from his training location. After having met Pigero and the other orphans, he regains his courage. |
| 762 | March: Krillin, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chao-Zu and Yajirobee travel to King Kame's palace to train. |
| April 29: Goku has traversed the Snake Way and arrives at King Kaio-sama's. |
| May 9: Goku manages to catch Bubbles. After this, his training goal is hitting big-speed Gregory with a hammer. |
| After May 23: Goku succeeds in hitting Gregory. |
| Somewhere in May: Krillin, Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Chao-Zu make a (virtual) time-travel. They are utterly defeated by the two Saiya-jins they meet. They realise that they are not ready yet and decide to resume their training. |
| November 2: Goku is resurrected after having completed his training. |
| November 3: Vegeta and Nappa arrive on Earth. Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin,Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Chao-Zu face Nappa and Vegeta. Nappa, Yamcha, Piccolo, Tenshinhan and Chao-Zu are killed. A micro-sized spy-robot in the disguise of a fly gathers cellular tissue of Goku and the others to use in the construction of Cell. |
| November 4: Goku and the others are hospitalized in the East City Hospital. |
| November 7: Krillin and Gohan leave hospital. |
| November 9: The remodeling of King Kame's spaceship is completed. |
| November 14: The translator for Namek language is finished. Gohan, Krillin and Bulma leave for Planet Namek. |
| November 21: Vegeta lands on Planet Freeza #79. |
| December 13: Vegeta's injuries are healed. He leaves straight away for Planet Namek. |
| December 18: Vegeta, Kiwi and Bulma & co all arrive on Namek at the same time. Goku leaves for Namek. Dende takes Krillin to meet the Saichohroh (Guru). Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Chao-Zu and Yamcha arrive on King Kaio-sama's and begin training there. Goku's spaceship is trapped in the gravity field of Planet Alpha-HZ. By using a Kamehameha, Goku manages to escape. |
| December 19: Zarbon takes the defeated Vegeta to Freeza's ship to recover. |
| December 20: In their second battle, Vegeta defeats Zarbon. Krillin takes Gohan to meet Saichohroh (Guru). On Freeza's command, the Ginyu Special Task Force interrupts its planned invasion of Planet Yardrat and leaves for Namek. |
| December 23: Goku completes his high gravity training. |
| December 24: The Ginyu Special Task Force is destroyed. Piccolo is revived. Krillin dies. Goku turns into a Super Saiya-jin and defeats Freeza. Planet Namek is destroyed. |
| 763 | May 3: Krillin and Yamcha are revived. |
| September 9: Tenshinhan and Chao-Zu are revived. The evacuated Namekians on Earth are transported to New Namek. |
| October: After 5000 years, Makyoh-sei approaches Earth again. The reborn Garlic Jr. is defeated again by Gohan. |
| Unknown: Cell's time machine arrives. Cell hides somewhere underground. Freeza's cyborg body is completed. |
| 764 | August: Trunks arrives and kills Freeza and his father. Goku returns to Earth. |
| Unknown: Vegeta begins his high gravity training in order to become a Super Saiya-jin. A relationship develops between Vegeta and Bulma. Goku and Piccolo take driving lessons to get their air-car driver's license. |
| Somewhere between 764 and 767 | Koola arrives on Earth and is defeated by Goku. |
| 766 | Trunks is born. |
| 767 | Unknown: Goten is born. |
| May 7: The 24th Tenkaichi Budokai takes place. Winner in the adult section is Mr. Satan. Winner in the children's section is Videl. |
| May 12: The androids appear. Later that day, Cell shows up as well. Piccolo and Earth's King Kame merge. Goku suffers from a heart disease. The Cell of this timeline is destroyed while still in his larval form by Krillin and Trunks. |
| May 15: The medicine Trunks brought from the future cures Goku's disease. Vegeta and Trunks enter the Room of Spirit and Time. |
| May 16: Cell transforms into his second stage. Cell becomes perfect. Goku and Gohan enter the Room of Spirit and Time. |
| May 17: Worldwide proclamation of the Cell Games. Goku and Gohan leave the Room of Spirit and Time. Piccolo enters the Room of Spirit and Time. |
| May 18: After Piccolo has left, Vegeta enters the Room of Spirit and Time a second time. Gohan visits the village of Lime and prevents Barbon & co.'s evil plans. |
| May 19: Goku and family go hiking. Around noon, Cell destroys the Royal Army. Dende becomes Earth's new King Kame. Vegeta leaves and Trunks enters the Room of Spirit and Time. |
| May 20: Trunks leaves the Room of Spirit and Time. |
| May 26: At noon, the Cell Games begin. Goku dies a second time. Gohan destroys Cell. |
| May 27: Goku's funeral. Trunks returns to his future. |
| May-June: Goku visits Dai-King Kaio and meets Dai-King Kaio. Goku participates in the Afterlife Budokai that is organised to commemorate the death of the Northern Kaio. In the final fight, Goku encounters Paikuhan. Little Trunks makes his first steps. Broadcast of a TV documentary about the world's most powerful pro-wrestling super-champion Mr. Satan. |
| 768 AD | Doll-tackii becomes one of Dr. Myuu's employees. Doll-Tackii is set to the task of gathering energy for M2's greatest mutant -- Ruudo. Doll-tackii is apparently well-suited to this task, and he begins working on Planet Ruudo to get Ruudo powered-up. |
| 770 AD | Krillin and #18 get married. |
| 771 AD | Marron is born. |
| 773 AD | Kaioshin and Kibit go to Earth in order to locate the sphere in which Majin Buu has been locked up since ancient times. |
| 774 | March 28: Gohan finishes the first grade at Orange Star High School. |
| April 7: First sighting of the 'Golden Warrior' in Satan City. Gohan begins the second grade at Orange Star High School. He meets Videl. At 3 PM, after school, Gohan visits Bulma. At 5.12 PM, she has finished his transformation suit. Great Saiyaman is born. |
| April 8: Videl discovers the true identity of Great Saiyaman. |
| April 9: Gohan teaches Videl how to fly. The Southern Kaio attends Goku's training. |
| April 10: Vegeta finds out that little Trunks can become Super Saiyan. |
| April 20: Videl masters the art of flying. |
| May 7: The 25th Tenkaichi Budoikai begins. Goku returns to Earth for a day. Majin Buu appears. Vegeta sacrifices his own life in order to kill Buu, but fails. Buu kills Babidi. Goku turns into Super Saiyan 3. Exhausted, he returns to the Other Side. The Kaioshin Elder is liberated from the Z-Sword. He begins the ceremony to augment Gohan's power. |
| May 8: Piccolo, Gotenks and Gohan are absorbed by Buu. Buu eliminates all inhabitants of Earth. The Kaioshin Elder trades places with Goku, allowing him to return to the world of the living. Vegeta returns to Earth for a day. Evil Buu destroys the Earth. Polunga resurrects the Earth. The Kaioshin Elder brings Vegeta back to life. Goku destroys Buu with a Super Genki-Dama, made with the life force of all inhabitants of Earth. |
| September 7: Shenlong erases every Earthling's memory about Buu. |
| 778, 7th of May | The 26th Tenkaichi Budokai begins. Winner is Mr. Satan. Second is Mr. Buu. |
| 779 | Pan is born. |
| 780 | Bra is born. |
| 781, 7th of May | 27th Tenkaichi Budokai begins. Winner is Mr. Satan. Second is Mr. Buu. |
| 784, 7th of May | The 28th Tenkaichi Budokai begins. Goku leaves along with Uubu. |
| Early 789 | Goku becomes a child again due to a wish made by Emperor Pilaf. Goku, Pan, and Trunks go to outer space to locate the Dark Star Dragon Balls. |
| Late 789 | Goku encounters Baby after 9 months in space. Baby needs more power to defeat Goku, so he goes to Earth and takes over nearly everyone there. Baby uses the Ultimate Dragon Balls to create Planet Tsufuru. Goku becomes Super Saiyan Level 4. The deciding battle between the greatest Saiyan warrior Goku, and the last surviving true Tsufuru-jin Baby. This battle results in the complete ruin of the Tsufuru-jin. |
| 790, 7th of May | The 31st World Martial Arts Tournament takes place. Mr. Satan is the winner, and Majuub comes in second. In the junior division, Magure comes in first, and Goku comes in second. |
| 790 | Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu team up in the depths of Hell. A brainwashed Android 17 kills Krillin. The brainwashed and new Android 17s combine to form Super 17. Goku and Android 18 defeat Super 17. The Dragon Balls crack and the Shadow Dragons are released. All except one of the Shadow Dragons are defeated. Syn Shenron absorbs all seven Dragon Balls and becomes Omega Shenron. Goku battles Omega, only to be severely out-classed. Vegeta arrives and ascends to Super Saiyan 4. Goku and Vegeta fuse into Gogeta, but defuse early. Goku kills Omega Shenron with the Universal Spirit Bomb. Shenron returns to normal and grants one last wish, as long as Goku goes with him. The eternal dragon then flies off with Goku. Goku stops to say good-bye to some of the Z Warriors. The Dragon Balls are absorbed into Goku's body, and Goku is not seen for around 100 years. |
| Before 889 | Goku Jr. is born. |
| Early 889 | Goku Jr. goes on a journey to find the Dragon Balls. He meets his great great grandfather Goku on the way. |
| 889, 7th of May | Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. fight in which may be the 64th World Tournament. Pan spots her Grandfather Goku but is unable to catch up with him. The final episode of the Dragon Ball series ends with flashbacks to the series most memorable moments. |
