Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronology

This is a chronological order of the Marvel Cinematic Universe dated events relevant for this Wiki, including events directly or indirectly related to Proxima Midnight and all her alternate versions.

**This chronology is not official, many of these dates have not been confirmed by Marvel. The timeline can and should be changed as soon as new information is established. Evidence and reasoning are explained in the references.**

## Main Reality

### Before century 13,800,000,000 B.C.

* He Who Remains begins to manage this timeline within the Sacred Timeline by founding the Time Variance Authority, thus preventing the rise of other evil variants of himself and consequently, another Multiversal War.
* The Cosmic Entities and the Celestials come into existence.
* The Dark Elves originate in the Ginnungagap, where they reigned absolute and unchallenged.

### c. 13,800,000,000 B.C.

* Big Bang: The event that led to the creation of the known universe is initiated by the Celestials. As the universe comes into existence, the six pre-existing singularities are transformed into the six Infinity Stones (Space, Mind, Reality, Power, Soul, and Time) by the Cosmic Entities.
* Shortly after that, the Grandmaster and the Collector are born.

### c. 4,540,000,000 B.C.

* Planet Earth is formed by the Celestials.

### c. 2,500,000 B.C.

* A meteorite of vibranium strikes on Earth, in the continent which would come to be known as Africa. It affected the plant life around it, imbuing it with strength, prosperity, and mysticism.

### c. 28,000 B.C.

* The Chronicom agent Enoch is sent to Earth to study the evolution of the human race.
* As the time of human intelligence comes on Earth, five tribes in East Africa settle on the land where the Vibranium meteor struck and call it "Wakanda".

### c. 9000 B.C.

* A Gibborim Royal Family led by the Magistrate is exiled from their home planet. They crash on Earth and get trapped in the spaceship except for the Magistrate.
* Agamotto forms the Masters of the Mystic Arts.

### 2988 B.C.

#### June

* The Convergence occurs. Malekith attempts to return the universe to the darkness before the Big Bang using the Aether (Reality Stone). The Dark Elf is defeated and the Aether hidden by Bor.

### 964 A.D.

* Thor Odinson is born to Odin Borson and Frigga.

### 965 A.D.

* The Battle of Tønsberg and the Battle of Jotunheim take place. The Frost Giants are defeated by the Asgardians. The newborn Loki, is secretly adopted by Odin.

### 1000

* The Kree and Nova Empires start a war that would lasts for over a thousand years.

### 1018

* Thanos is born on Titan to A'Lars and Sui-San.

### 1124

* Edinburgh is founded.
* St Giles' Cathedral is built.

### 1408

* Odin hides the Tesseract (Space Stone) in Tønsberg, Norway.

### 1707

* The Acts of Union of 1707 takes place, starting the formation of the United Kingdom.

### 1776

#### July 4

* The United States of America is founded.

### 1846

#### June 22

* The Edinburgh Waverley railway station is inaugurated.

### 1917

#### March 10

* Bucky Barnes is born in Shelbyville, Indiana.

### 1918

#### July 4

* Steve Rogers is born in New York City to Joseph and Sarah Rogers.

### 1942

#### March

* Johann Schmidt finds the Tesseract on Castle Rock Tower and starts using it to enhance HYDRA weaponary.

### 1945

#### February

* The Tesseract is lost in the North Atlantic Ocean during the Battle in the *Valkyrie*.

#### May

* Howard Stark finds the Tesseract on the ocean floor while searching Captain America.

### 1950

#### July 4

* Nick Fury is born in Huntsville, Alabama.

### 1952

* S.H.I.E.L.D. is founded, as a successor to the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

### 1970

#### May 29

* Tony Stark is born on Long Island, New York to Howard and Maria Stark.

### 1978

#### September 23

* Sam Wilson is born in Harlem, New York City.

### 1980

* Peter Quill is born to Meredith Quill and Ego.
* T'Challa is born on Wakanda to T'Chaka and Ramonda.

### 1988

* Kidnapping of Peter Quill: After Meredith Quill dies, Peter Quill is abducted by the Ravagers, as Ego previously hired Yondu Udonta to bring his son with him.
* Twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff are born to Oleg and Iryna Maximoff in Sokovia.

### 1994

#### December

* Massacre of the Zehoberei: Thanos, the Black Order and the Chitauri army invade Zen-Whoberi planet. The inhabitants are divided into two halves for one of them to be executed, in order to accomplish Thanos' wish of balance the universe due to overpopulation. In the middle of the chaos, Thanos finds a young Gamora trying to fight a Chitauri soldier. Thanos takes her aside and explains his beliefs using a switchblade balancing on his finger. Thanos tells Gamora to try, to avoid to her seeing the massacre. Thanos adopts Gamora and takes her with him.

### 1995

#### June

* Battle at Mar-Vell's Laboratory: Carol Danvers finds the Tesseract on Mar-Vell's Laboratory and is eaten by Goose during the fight.
* A few days after that, Nick Fury and Phil Coulson talk about the creation of the Avengers Initiative. After Fury left his office, Goose coughs up the Tesseract onto his desk.

### 2008

* Tony Stark reveals to the world to be Iron Man. At night, after breaking into Tony Stark's Mansion, Nick Fury approaches Stark about joining the Avengers Initiative in defense of a bigger universe, along with more superheroes that he did not know about.

### 2012

#### May 4

* The original six Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, assemble for the first time on New York City to defend Earth from Loki's Chitauri invasion. The Other later confers with Thanos about the victory of the Avengers, claiming that challenge them would be to court Death, to which Thanos smiled.

### 2014

#### August

* Invasion to Korbin: Thanos, Gamora, Nebula and the army invade Korbin. Half of the population is presumably slaughtered, as Thanos did in so many other worlds.

* Quest for the Orb: After the invasion, Thanos arrives in Gamora and Nebula's Q-Ship and tells them that Ronan the Accuser found the Power Stone on Morag, and tells them to go with him to secure the mission. The Ravager called Star-Lord also discovers the location of the Orb (Power Stone) and travels to Morag on his ship. After Peter Quill takes the Orb and successfully escapes from Ronan's commander Korath the Pursuer on Morag, he ends up in prison and teams up with 4 other outlaws to sell the Orb to the Collector. The team later known as the Guardians of the Galaxy fight Ronan in Knowhere and lose the Orb. After being captured by Yondu Udonta's Ravager Clan, they team up with them to stop Ronan from destroying Xandar and retrieve the Power Stone. Ronan is ultimately defeated by the Guardians and the Power Stone is left in Nova Corps custody.

#### October

* Attack on Gamora: After Nebula got a M-Ship from the Ravagers, she went to the planet Ego to attack and kill Gamora. In the end, she couldn't kill her and they talked about the harsh childhood that Thanos made them live. Moments later they discovered that Ego killed his non-Celestial children, and they returned to the palace to search for Peter Quill.

* Battle on Ego's Planet: The Guardians of the Galaxy destroy the Celestial father of Peter Quill, Ego. Hours later, after Yondu Udonta's funeral, Nebula said to Gamora that she was going to kill Thanos. Gamora tried to convince her to stay with the Guardians but she refused. Nebula finally forgave Gamora and left on a M-Ship.

### 2015

#### May

* Battle of Sokovia: After recovering Loki's Scepter on Sokovia, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner unintentionally created an artificial intelligence who wanted to destory Humans, called Ultron. The android Ultron later tried to build himself a more advanced body made entirely of Vibranium, with the Mind Stone on its forehead. This was thwarted by the Avengers and they instead created Vision, a totally different being than Ultron, who was on the side of life. Next day Ultron began his plan to exterminate the human race by lifting Sokovia and turning it into a meteorite. The Avengers finally defeated him and destroyed the meteorite. With the Avengers moved on the New Avengers Facility, Vision stayed with the Mind Stone, and Thor left the planet to search for the other Infinity Stones.

## Alternate Realities

### HYDRA World

#### 1930s

* The world got stuck in the 1930s and HYDRA took over.

### History Altered by Chronicoms

#### 1931

* In an attempt to establish Chronyca-3 on Earth, most of the Chronicoms attempted to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. by traveling back on time to 1931 and preventing its foundation.

#### 1955-1983

* After S.H.I.E.L.D. followed them through time and prevented this, the Chronicoms began to travel to other points forward in time, trying to destroy the organization in other ways. S.H.I.E.L.D. prevented all of this, initially unaware that it was an alternate timeline.

#### 1983

* S.H.I.E.L.D. finally brings the Chronicoms back to the original timeline through the Quantum Realm, from that alternate 1983 to the original 2019. Deke Shaw was left in the alternate timeline, now in charge of that version of S.H.I.E.L.D.

### Married Steve Rogers

#### 1948

* After returning the Infinity Stones and Mjolnir to their rightful times, Steve Rogers traveled in time to 1948 to live the life that he could never live, with his love Peggy Carter. This event created a branched timeline almost identical to the original one. Rogers eventually returned to 2023 of the main timeline.

### 1970 Time Heist

#### 1970

* After Tony Stark failed on steal the Tesseract (Space Stone) in the 2012 "Time Heist", Stark and Steve Rogers traveled back in time to 1970, in order to steal it from Camp Lehigh.

* After successfully stealing it and returning to 2023, to execute the Blip, Steve Rogers traveled back in time to return it to the moment it was stolen. It's unknown if this branched timeline continued to exist, which is almost identical to the original one.

### 2012 Time Heist

#### 2012

##### May 4

* In 2023, part of the Avengers traveled back in time to different space-time locations, in order to take the Infinity Stones and undo the Snap accomplished by Thanos five years ago, which they called "Time Heist". Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner and Scott Lang traveled to 2012 New York City, during the Battle of New York.

* Rogers stole the Mind Stone (inside Loki's Scepter), Banner got the Time Stone from Ancient One, and Stark and Lang failed to steal the Space Stone (Tesseract).

* After returning to 2023 and execute the Blip, Rogers traveled back in time to return the Stones to the moment they were taken. It's unknown if this branched timeline continued to exist, which is similar to the original one.

### Post-Apocalyptic World

#### 2012

##### May 4

* The Avengers lost the Battle of New York City against Loki and his army. Eventually, New York City and the world were left devastated.

### 2013 Time Heist

#### 2013

##### November

* In 2023, part of the Avengers traveled back in time to different space-time locations, in order to take the Infinity Stones and undo the Snap accomplished by Thanos five years ago, which they called "Time Heist". Thor and Rocket Racoon traveled to 2013 Royal Palace of Valaskjalf, during the time when Jane Foster was on Asgard.

* While Thor talked with his mother, Rocket extracted the Aether (Reality Stone) from Jane Foster. Before returning to their time, Thor also took Mjolnir with him.

* After returning to 2023 and execute the Blip, Steve Rogers traveled back in time to return the Stone and Mjolnir to the moment they were taken. It's unknown if this branched timeline continued to exist, which is similar to the original one.

### 2014 Time Heist

#### 2014

##### August

* In October 2023, part of the Avengers traveled back in time to different space-time locations, in order to take the Infinity Stones and undo the Snap accomplished by Thanos five years ago, which they called "Time Heist". Nebula, James Rhodes, Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton traveled to 2014 Morag, before Star-Lord stole the Orb (which contained the Power Stone). The team separated, so Natasha and Clint traveled to Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone.

* In Vormir, Natasha sacrificed herself for the Soul Stone, and Barton returned to 2023 broken. Rhodes and Nebula obtained the Orb, however just before Nebula activated her Time-Space GPS, her cybernetic brain began to interfere with her 2014 self's brain. As the 2014 Thanos was with Nebula and Gamora, he saw fragments of the future projected by Nebula's cyber-eye, generated by the interfered signal from the future Nebula. Thanos ordered to get her into his ship, so he could see everything.

* Inside the *Sanctuary II*, Ebony Maw showed him his future, so he decided to change his cosmic goal, and now destroy all the universe to then rebuild it full of life. They then captured the 2023 Nebula and imprisoned her into the ship. Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to mass-replicate the Pym Particles taken from 2023 Nebula's suit.

* 2014 Nebula later infiltrated among the Avengers and activated the Quantum Tunnel from the future, transporting the *Sanctuary II* from her 2014 to that 2023, where the Avengers had all the Infinity Stones in their possession. Thanos, the Black Order, Gamora, 2023 Nebula, and all the army so left their time and arrived in 2023 Avengers Compound.

* After the Avengers executed the Blip and defeated Thanos and all his forces, killing them by Iron Man's Snap, Steve Rogers traveled back in time to return the Stones to the moment they were taken.

## Other

#### "Real World"

* In this reality the Marvel Cinematic Universe exists as a fictional universe, created by Marvel Studios and managed by K.E.V.I.N. In 2025, on-screen, She-Hulk sneaked out of her show and entered into Marvel Studios Headquarters through Disney+'s *Assembled*, in order to complain to the writers and "Kevin" about the season finale.

## References

1. ↑ *Loki* Season 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Art of the Movie*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Eternals*
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Real life elements (events, persons, estimations, theories, etc.) are used as a reference for events whose date has not been revealed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which remain valid unless otherwise established.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Thor: The Dark World*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 *Guardians of the Galaxy*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *Avengers: Infinity War*
8. ↑ Jeff Goldblum's Grandmaster is Related to The Collector in *Thor: Ragnarok*
9. ↑ In *Black Panther*, N'Jobu says "Millions of years ago". In *Marvel's Black Panther: The Art of the Movie* it is specified with "about 2.5 million years ago at what is now Wakanda", the "about 2.5 million" is enough to despise 2015-2016 years (*Black Panther* is set in 2016), therefore: 2,500,000 B.C.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Black Panther*
11. ↑ *Marvel's Black Panther: The Art of the Movie*
12. ↑ In the *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* episode *Rewind*, Enoch says in 2017: "I was sent here 30,000 years ago." 2017-30,000 = 27,984 B.C., which for practical purposes is approximated to the hundred: 28,000.
13. ↑ *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*: 5.05: *Rewind*
14. ↑ In *Black Panther* N'Jobu says "When the time of men came," alluding to the human intelligence, which is estimated to began evidently by 30,000 years ago. 30,000 years ago from present gives roughly 28,000 B.C., which fits with the date of Enoch's mission on Earth, explained in previous references.
15. ↑ In the *Runaways* episode *Lord of Lies*, the Magistrate's Wife says to the Magistrate: "I'm starting to understand why it took you 11,000 years to get us out of that hole!" The Magistrate freed his familiy in 2018. 11,000 years before 2018 gives roughly 8983 B.C., which for practical purposes is approximated to the hundred: 9000.
16. ↑ *Runaways*: 2.05: *Rock Bottom*
17. ↑ *Runaways*: 3.03: *Lord of Lies*
18. ↑ In *Doctor Strange*, Wong says that Agamotto founded the the Masters of the Mystic Arts thousands of years ago, and that Ancient One is the latest in a long line of Sorcerer Supreme. "Thousands" would refer to a minimum of 2000 years, and a maximum of 19,999 (before becoming on "tens of thousands"). This technicality is used to avoid the ambiguity that the figure implies. 2000+20,000/2 = 11,000, and 11,000 years ago from 2017 results on 8982 B.C., which is approximated to the hundred: 9000.
19. ↑ *Doctor Strange*
20. ↑ *Avengers Endgame* / *Infinity War* VFX Reel | Cantina Creative
21. ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 *Avengers: Endgame*
22. ↑ In *Thor*, Loki's birth date is shown to be 965 A.D., and in Thor's coronation ceremony Odin says that Thor is his "firstborn" (of course acting as Hela never existed). In *Thor: Ragnarok* Thor tells a story saying that he and Loki had 8 years old at that time. To be biological brothers, without arousing suspicion, they should be separated by at least 10 months (Asgardians have been shown to age like humans until adulthood). It can be assumed that Thor was born around mid-964 A.D.
23. ↑ *Thor*
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 *Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline*
25. ↑ In 2018 Joe Russo said in an interview that Thanos is 1000 years old on *Avengers: Infinity War*, film that is set in 2018. In 2019 Joe Russo said that Thanos is a "thousand-year-old character" for *Avengers: Endgame*, not making it clear if he refers to the 2014' or the 2018' Thanos, however he never said that Thanos is exactly 1000 years old, therefore the first statement remains valid.
26. ↑ *Thanos: Titan Consumed*
27. ↑ In a Marvel's Phase One timeline from *The Art of The Avengers*, it's said that Odin left the Tesseract on Earth 600 years before "I am Iron Man" (quote from the film *Iron Man*). As the phrase is told in Spring 2008 (as confirmed by *Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline*), 2008-600 = 1408.
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 *Captain America: The First Avenger*
29. ↑ *The Art of The Avengers*
30. ↑ Marvel LA on Facebook
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 The date of this event has presented contradictions and retcons over time, and therefore only the latest and/or timeline-focused productions are considered.
32. ↑ *Captain America: First Vengeance*
33. ↑ *Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation*
34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 *Captain America: The Winter Soldier*
35. ↑  In *Captain America: The First Avenger*, the scene where Stark finds the Tesseract is shown close to the Victory in Europe Day, which took place on May 8, 1945. It can be assumed that Stark found it in the same month.
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 *Captain Marvel*
37. ↑ In the *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* episode *The New Deal* is revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded in the 1950s. In *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* is shown an exctract of an interview with Peggy Carter, where they "spoke a great deal yesterday about the SSR, early days of S.H.I.E.L.D.", which is dated on June 21, 1953. The midpoint between 1951 and June 1953 is roughly 1952.
38. ↑ *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*: 7.01: *The New Deal*
39. ↑ *Iron Man* prop
40. ↑ *The Incredible Hulk*
41. ↑ *Iron Man*
42. ↑ Marvel LA on Facebook
43. ↑ James Gunn on Twitter (Wayback Machine)
44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*
45. ↑ In the *Assembled* episode *The Making of What If...?*, it's said that Peter Quill and T'Challa share the same age. And Peter Quill was born on 1980 as James Gunn confirmed on Twitter.
46. ↑ *Assembled*: 1.05: *The Making of What If...?*
47. ↑ *WandaVision*: 1.05: *On a Very Special Episode...*
48. ↑ In *Avengers: Infinity War* Thanos says "You told me that, too, every day, for almost 20 years", inicating that almost 20 years passed since he adopted her until she left him in 2014. Marvel.com's Gamora biography says "Gamora served under Thanos for 20 years (...)", meaning that it was between 19.5 and 19.9 years. The events of *Guardians of the Galaxy* take place on August 2014, as James Gunn confirmed on his old deleted Facebook account, and following the most of the Phase Two films set in the same date of the release (which was supported by Kevin Feige). 2014.̅6-19.75 = 1994,91̅6. This is roughly December 1994.
49. ↑ In *Captain Marvel*, Nick Fury says Carol Danvers' crash was "6 years ago, 1989". A June calendar is later shown, setting the main events of the film on June 1995.
50. ↑ In *Spider-Man: Homecoming* it's said that Peter Parker is 15 years old, film that is set 2 months after *Captain America: Civil War* (set on May-June 2016). And with *Spider-Man: Far From Home* establishing Peter Parker's date of birth on August 10, his birthday had to be on August 10, 2001 (so Peter Parker is just 15 years old on the events of *Spider-Man: Homecoming*).
51. ↑ *Spider-Man: Homecoming*
52. ↑ *Spider-Man: Far From Home*
53. ↑ *Iron Man*
54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 In *The Avengers* is shown a banner of the Stuttgart museum's exhibition with the date of "4 MAI" (May 4), so the date of that night (opening ceremony) would be May 3. This also fits with Hunter B-15's TemPad with the number "05.04.2012", shown in the *Loki* episode *Glorious Purpose*.
55. ↑ *The Avengers*
56. ↑ *Loki*: 1.01: *Glorious Purpose*
57. ↑ This event happens just before the events of *Guardians of the Galaxy*, as was shown in *Avengers: Endgame*, during the 2014 "Time Heist". The events of *Guardians of the Galaxy* are set in August 2014, as explained in other references.
58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 The events of *Guardians of the Galaxy* take place on August 2014, as James Gunn confirmed on his old deleted Facebook account, and following the most of the Phase Two films set in the same date of the release (which was supported by Kevin Feige).
59. ↑ *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* shows "1980" and "34 years later" on screen (1980+34 = 2014). James Gunn first said in an interview that the film takes place three months after the first film, *Guardians of the Galaxy*. He later said two months, later said "a couple of months", and later said two months. Having the last word as two months, it should be set in October, since the first film is set in August 2014, as explained in previous references.
60. ↑ *Ant-Man* is set "a few months after *Avengers: Age of Ultron*", and Scott Lang is released from prison on July 17, 2015, as was revealed in *WHiH Newsfront*. And following the most of the Phase Two films set in the same date of the release (which was supported by Kevin Feige), the events of *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (released on May 1, 2015) should be set on May 2015.
61. ↑ *Avengers: Age of Ultron*
62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 The crazy multiverse shot in *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness*' had its own intense VFX journey
63. ↑ *Doctor Strange 2* VFX Artists on Creating 20 Multiverses in 40 Seconds
64. ↑ *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness*
65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* Season 6
66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* Season 7
67. ↑ *Avengers: Endgame* writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely said in an interview that Rogers traveled to "about '48". They later said in another interview 1945, and later 1948. In the script it's said 1949. 1948 it's taken as the right date, since 1945 is discareded by him in the same interview (as well as being canonically impossible), and 1949 it's just in the script, which is not the final product.
68. ↑ Marvel Studios Canada on X
69. ↑ Joe Russo's Q&A about the plot of *Avengers: Endgame* in China
70. ↑ *She-Hulk* Episode 9 — Jennifer Walters vs. K.E.V.I.N.
71. ↑ *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law*

## External Links

* Timeline on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
* Disney+'s Marvel Cinematic Universe in Timeline Order on Marvel.com