The following timeline details the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street (film series) in chronological order. In places they are significantly different than the events in A Nightmare on Elm Street (book adaptations of the film series by Bob Italia).
In the 2009 comic book "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors", Agent Wesley Carter travels back in time. In 1964, then, he signs Freddy Krueger's warrant which has not been done in the timeline established in the movies. This was one reason why Krueger was released from prison and killed by the parents of Elm Street. This event in the comic therefore alters the entire A Nightmare on Elm Street history as we know it. Unfortunately, there is no further information by the authors of the comic about this topic.
Note: According to Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and Freddy vs. Jason, the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series and the Friday the 13th film series are a part of the same story. This makes it impossible to exactly determine where one film series ends and the other begins.
1900s[]
1907[]
Unspecified date: Amanda Krueger is born. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)
1940s[]
Circa 1940[]
December: While working as a nun at the Hathaway House in Springwood under the name in Christ "Sister Mary Helena", Amanda Krueger is accidentally locked in the institute when the building is locked up for the Christmas holidays. The hundred male mental patients keep her hidden for days, raping her hundreds of times. When Amanda is found, she is barely alive and pregnant. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
(In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Neil Gordon says the Amanda Krueger scandal occurred in the 1940s. Based on the fact that her son Freddy had a daughter in 1961, it would make sense to allow Freddy's birth to take place as soon as possible.
Circa 1941[]
September: Frederick Charles Krueger is born to Amanda Krueger at the Hathaway House after a breech birth. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
Mid to late 1940s[]
Freddy Krueger is teased at school because of his origins as the "son of a hundred maniacs". At one point, while being teased, Freddy kills| the class hamster. (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare)
1950s[]
1957-Jason drowns at Crystal Lake by a bunch of kids.
1958-Pamela Voorhees kills two teenagers.
1960s[]
1961[]
Unspecified Date: Katherine Krueger/Maggie Burnham (A Nightmare on Elm Street film series) was born as Kathryn Krueger to Freddy and Loretta Krueger.
1966[]
Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger murders his wife while his daughter witnessed it.
Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger was arrested for the murders of 20 children. His daughter was also taken away.
Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger was released due to a technicality.
1968[]
Unspecified Date: Freddy was tracked down by the parents of Springwood who later burned him to death.
1970s[]
1979-Pamela Voorhees is killed by Alice.
1980s[]
1981[]
March 9–16: The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street occur.
1986[]
September: The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge occur.
1987[]
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors occur.
1988[]
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master occur.
1989[]
June: The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child occur.
1990s[]
1990[]
The events of the first two issues of Nightmares on Elm Street occur.
1995[]
The events of the last four issues of Nightmares on Elm Street occur.
1999[]
June 14–17: The events of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare occur.
2000s[]
2003[]
June:Jason is sent to hell by the Freemans.
September: The events of Freddy vs. Jason (except what's shown in the introduction) occur.
2008[]
December 23–24: The events of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash occur.
2011[]
The events of WildStorm’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (WildStorm comic) comic book series occur.
2012[]
The events of New Line Cinema's Tales of Horror occur.