Timeline of Danganronpa

Pre Hopes Peak Arc
1400 BC-???

1874-Izuru Kamakura the First is born in Japan

1934-Izuru Kamakura founds Hopes Peak Academy, and construction begins.

1939-Hopes Peak Academy finishes construction

Hopes Peak Arc
2016-Class 77-B begins high school at Hopes Peak Academy

2016-Twilight Syndrome Murder Case occurs, with the death of Fuyuhiko's Sister

2017-Class 78 begins high school at Hopes Peak Academy

2017-Junko Enoshima and Mukuro Ikusaba take control of Izuru Kamakura II

2017-The Tragedy of Hopes Peak Academy Occurs

2018-Junko Enoshima brainwashes the Class 77-B and begins the Great Tragedy

2018-The Killing School Life Begins, ending with the death of Junko Enoshima

2018-Escaping Hopes Peak Academy, the remaining six students join future foundation

2018-Himo Kugutsu's parents are executed by Izuru Kamakura II

2019-The Future Foundation capture the Class 77-B and rehabilitate them in the Neo World Program, leading to the events of Danganronpa 2

2019-Komaru Naegi joins the resistance to end the Great Tragedy in the events of Danganronpa AE

2020-The events of Danganronpa 3 Future Arc occur

2021-The Great Tragedy officially ends, and the world begins to recover

Despair Timeline
2025-A series of asteroids pummels the earth, leaving 50% of the surviving population dead. The earth only has about 500,000,000 people at this point. (Himo Kugutsu is killed in the impact, causing the Truth timeline to not happen).

2100-After the last remaining members of the original Future Foundation die of old age, Team Danganronpa is formed to cover up the events of Danganronpa 1-3, forming the Killing game to make the original Ultimate Despair appear as a work of fiction.

2105-The fourth killing game, and the first official killing game by Team Danganronpa are carried out

2151-Shuichi, Kaede, etc. are chosen to be the cast of the 53rd killing game

2152-The 53rd killing game, staring Tsumugi Shirogane as the Ultimate Despair is carried out.

2152-Shuichi Saihara, Maki Harukawa, and Himiko Yumeno escape the 53rd Killing Game, and form the New Future Foundation, ending Team Danganronpa and prosecuting those involved with the project.

2160-An underground division of Team Danganronpa, known as Neo Team Danganronpa carries out the 54th killing game.

2162-Akiko Zencho and 14 other students are kidnapped by Colin Enoshima and forced to participate in the 55th killing game.

2162-Akiko Zencho and three other students escape the 55th killing game alive and take down Neo Team Danganronpa with the help of the New Future Foundation.

2170-All records of the events of Danganronpa, as well as the blueprints to Monokuma are destroyed, to prevent any more killing games from happening.

~4000-The last living people during the events of the Despair Timeline have died, the events of Danganronpa are lost to time.

Truth Timeline
2025-A series of asteroids basely misses impact with earth, preventing a global catastrophe.

2025-The future foundation works to destroy every last blueprint of Monokuma, however very few slip through the cracks.

2030-A 17 year old named Himo Kugutsu, who's parents we're murdered by Izuru Kamakura creates his Ultimate Plan after finding the blueprints to Monokuma in an abandoned library

2030-Kugutsu begins to study puppetry

2044-In an event known as the "Tragedy of Jabberwock Island", 14 of the former students from Danganronpa 2 are found slaughtered. Hajime Hinata is nowhere to be found.

2052-20 "Ultimate Students" are arrested for crimes they did not commit and sent to a prison, where under the command of Himo Kugutsu, they are forced into a killing game, in an attempt to draw out Hajime Hinata, and kill any remaining "ultimates".

2052-Hajime Hinata is executed by Himo Kugutsu, who then executes himself and attempts to execute the remaining students.

2052-Hitomo Ayumi and the final students burn the blueprints to Monokuma, ending the killing game once and for all.

Makoto's Class
Truth Timeline-The events of the killing game still occur. Makoto and the other five survivors are killed in a fire by Himo Kugutsu

Despair Timeline-The events of the killing game still occur. Makoto and the other five survivors survive the asteroid strike, continuing with the future foundation until dying of natural causes.

Hajime's Class
Truth Timeline-The events of the Island Killing Game still occur. Hajime and the other 14 remaining students are murdered by Himo Kugutsu

Despair Timeline-The events of the Island Killing Game still occur. Hajime and the other 14 students survive safely on Jabberwock Island

Kaede/Shuichi's Class
Truth Timeline-Due to Team Danganronpa never occuring, Kaede, Shuichi and the other students live their lives safely as normal teenagers.

Despair Timeline-Team Danganronpa creates the killing game, leaving only Shuichi, Maki and Himiko alive. The three survivors later form the Neo Future Foundation.

Hitomo's Class
Truth Timeline-Himo Kugutsu creates a new killing game. Only five students survive.

Despair Timeline-Due to the asteroid strike, the students of Hitomo class may or may not still be alive, or even exist.

Akiko's Class
Truth Timeline-Due to Team Danganronpa never occuring, Akiko's class lives their lives safely as normal teenagers

Despair Timeline-Team Danganronpa creates an underground killing game led by Colin Enoshima. Only four students survive.