Timeline

This article shows the timeline of events of The Conjuring Universe in a chronological order.

Dark Age

 * A Duke obsessed with the occult builds the Cârța Monastery. There he opens a rift allowing the Demon, Valak, to enter the world.
 * Christian Knights storm the abbey, killing the duke and using the blood of christ to seal the rift.

1673

 * In Mexico, La Llorona drowns her two children in the river.

1940s

 * During WWII the Cârța abbey is bombed by the Nazi Party, opening the rift once more.

1943

 * Samuel and Esther Mullins' daughter, Annabelle, is killed after she runs in front of a car.
 * Samuel and Esther desperately try to contact an otherworldly power to help reunite them with their daughter.
 * A Demon, disguising itself as Annabelle, tricks the Mullins into allowing it to possess Samuel's doll in order to enter their world.
 * The Annabelle demon attacks Esther in an attempt to possess her, tearing out her eye. The doll is locked inside Annabelle's room and sealed away by two priests.

1952 - The Nun

 * Sister Charlotte takes a picture with Sisters, Anna, Maria, and Lucia while staying at the Cârța Monastery. Unknown to her that Valak also appeared in the photo, lurking behind them.
 * Sister Charlotte leaves the abbey.
 * Sister Victoria, being the only nun left alive in the abbey, commits suicide. Sacrificing herself so that Valak could not possess her.
 * Sister Irene and Father Burke are called on by the Vatican to investigate the Cârța abbey, following Sister Victoria's death. There they meet a farmer named "Frenchie" Maurice who escorts them to the abbey.
 * Sister Irene, Father Burke, and Maurice are each tormented by Valak, who seeks to find a host in order to leave the abbey.
 * The three discover the blood of christ and travel into the heart of the abbey in order to seal the rift.
 * Valak temporarily possesses Sister Irene before Maurice forces the entity out of her. Valak sends Irene flying into the nearby water and instead latches himself onto Maurice.
 * Sister Irene uses the blood of christ to seal the rift and vanquish Valak.
 * As the group is leaving, an inverted cross forms on the back of Maurice's neck, indicating that Valak has possessed him.

1955 - Annabelle: Creation

 * The Mullin family opens their home up for a group of orphans to live, attempting to make up for their sins.
 * Sister Charlotte arrives at the Mullin's home with her group of homeless orphans.
 * Janice, an orphan disabled by Polio, enters Annabelle's old room and unlocks the door concealing the Annabelle doll. Freeing the Annabelle demon after being locked away for 12 years.
 * The Annabelle demon attacks Janice one night, attempting to possess her. Janice is injured and confined to a wheelchair.
 * One morning, Sister Charlotte wheels Janice outside to get some fresh air and sunlight. After Sister Charlotte leaves, the demon takes Janice and wheels her into the barn. Janice, no longer able to fight back, is possessed by the Annabelle demon.
 * Another orphan, Linda, tells Samuel that Janice opened the closet that held the doll. Janice kills Samual after he discovered the doll has been freed.
 * Linda throws the Annabelle demon down a well, the demon attempts to drag her down with it, but Sister Charlotte saves her.
 * Sister Charlotte confronts Esther about the doll. Esther confesses how she and Samuel let the demon possess the doll in an attempt to see their dead daughter again. Esther regrets opening up their home to orphans, as it now has allowed the demon to find a human host it has been looking for.
 * The demon kills Esther and attacks Sister Charlotte. Sister Charlotte and the rest of the kids flee the house while Linda and Janice are trapped in Annabelle's room. Sister Charlotte rescues Linda and locks Janice and the doll inside.
 * The next morning, Police arrive at the home but find only the doll. Janice had escaped through a hole in the wall.
 * Janice, now using the name Annabelle, relocates to another orphanage in Santa Monica.

1967 - Annabelle

 * Janice, still using the name Annabelle, is now grown up and has joined a satanic cult with her boyfriend.
 * John Form gifts his wife, Mia, the Annabelle doll for her doll collection to celebrate their soon to be born child.
 * Janice returns to her adopted parents' home and brutally murders them during the night.
 * John and Mia hear their neighbors being attacked by Janice and her boyfriend during the night. Mia calls the police.
 * Janice and her boyfriend attack John and Mia. A police officer arrives and kills Janice's boyfriend.
 * Janice commits suicide while holding the Annabelle doll. Allowing the demon to be free of her body.
 * Mia gives birth to her child, a baby girl named Leah.
 * Mia learns from a bookseller, Evelyn that the cult Janice was apart of was trying to summon a demon.
 * The Annabelle demon begins to torment Mia in her home.
 * John and Mia contact Father Perez, who informs them that a demon has attached itself to the doll.
 * Father Perez attempts to bring the doll to famous paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, but is attacked by the demon and escapes with the doll.
 * The demon steals Leah, attempting to acquire Mia's soul. Mia attempts to sacrifice herself by jumping out the window, but Evelyn shows up and jumps instead.
 * The demon and doll disappear. Leah reappearing in her crib.

1968

 * The doll appears in an antique shop where it is bought by a nurse for their daughter, Debbie.
 * After experiencing paranormal happenings, the family contacts Ed and Lorraine Warren for help.
 * Ed and Lorraine explain the doll is haunted and takes the doll away for safety.
 * On the car ride home, Ed and Lorraine's car breaks down. While repairing the car the two are attacked by other spirits in the nearby cemetery. Lorraine concludes that the doll is a conduit for other spirits to use to enter the world.
 * Ed and Lorraine with the help of a priest seal the doll away in a glass case.