This is a timeline of events that occurred before the 20th century.
Before the Convergence
- Before the Universe began, six singularities existed. These were formed into the six Infinity Stones (Space, Mind, Reality, Power, Soul, and Time) by the Cosmic Entities some time after the Universe came into existence.[1]
- Ego The Living Planet is born.[2]
- The Celestials use the Power Stone to impose judgment upon enemy civilizations. Over time, the Beings are overwhelmed by the Stone's power and attempt to dispose of it by encasing it in an Orb and storing it away in the Temple Vault on Morag.[1]
- Ego creates layers of matter around himself that eventually forms into a planet.[2]
- He explores the universe in an attempt to find life besides himself, and feels disappointed in what he finds.[2]
- Eventually, he begins planting seeds within many of these worlds with the intent of using them to wipe out all life until only he remains.[2]
- In order to raise their chances in the war against their enemies, a rogue Kree faction visits numerous planets, genetically altering a number of sentient life forms in order to create biological weapons. One of the planets visited is Earth, and the Kree's experiments give rise to an unique caste of genetically altered Humans. When these humans are deemed ready for war, the Kree expose them to Terrigen Mist, which activates their special genetic ability of Terrigenesis; a process which imbues the human with a power unique to them. They construct the Diviners, containment devices built to hold Terrigen Crystals. The Diviners will only open if one of these genetically altered humans brings them to a cityscape built beneath the planet's surface, releasing the mist so as to "divine" those who have the altered Terrigen Gene. The Kree hierarchy discovers the faction's illegal activities and the operation is abandoned. The Kree disperse from Earth, leaving behind six Diviners, the city, and at least one of their deceased kin. These genetically altered humans eventually start to call themselves 'Inhumans.'[3]
- A powerful Inhuman, referred as Alveus, is created by the Kree to dominate the rest of his race, but eventually overpowered his own creators and banished them from Earth.[4] The humans and other Inhumans, afraid of his powers, banished him to a distant planet through a Kree Monolith. Followers of the exiled Inhuman founded a secret society and start planning its return to Earth in order to let him rule it.[5]
- On the distant planet, the Inhuman finds nine powerful and advanced, yet very divided, civilizations. The Inhuman consumes all life in these civilizations until they are completely wiped out.[6]
- Agamotto forms the Masters of the Mystic Arts as a league of magic practitioners, dedicated to learning Magic so to safeguard the Earth from dimensional evils.[7]
- The Hand discovers the power of immortality and starts conquering East Asia. A group called the Chaste stands against the way and a rivalry of thousands years begins.[8]
2988 B.C.
- The Convergence occurs. The gravitational anomalies that it causes allows the construction of several megalithic monuments, particularly Stonehenge.[9]
- First Battle of Svartalfheim: The Dark Elves led by Malekith try to destroy the Nine Realms with the power of the Aether. They are stopped by the Asgardian army led by Bor, who successfully seized the Aether. In an effort to save his race, Malekith kills most of his army and much of Bor's army, then puts his remaining forces into a sleep which lasts for millennia. Bor orders for the Aether to be hidden in the deepest area possible, where no one can access it.[9]
450 B.C.
- The Art of War is first published.[10][11]
965
January
14th
- Battle of Tønsberg: The Frost Giants of Jotunheim attempt to conquer Midgard/Earth, starting their invasion in Tønsberg, Norway. The Asgardians hear of the attack, assemble their army and prepare for battle.[12][13]
August
3rd
- Battle of Jotunheim: Odin leads the Asgardian army in an epic battle against the Frost Giants, to repel their invasion and protect Midgard. They force the Frost Giants back to Jotunheim, where Odin discovers an abandoned Frost Giant infant. He adopts the child, names him Loki and raises him alongside his own son, Thor. He later negotiates a truce with Jotunheim's king, Laufey.[12][13]
977
June
30th
- In Asgard, Odin tells his sons Loki and Thor of his success in the battle in Jotunheim, and that they were both born to be kings.[12][13]
1014
- The Kree and Nova Empires engage in a war which lasts for over a thousand years.[1]
1197
February
8th
- A warrior from Asgard's Berserker Army defects from Asgard to live on Earth. He decides his weapon, the Berserker Staff, which greatly enhances the wielder's strength, is too powerful for anyone to possess, so he breaks it into three pieces and hides each one in different locations across Europe.[14]
April
2nd
- The Berserker Warrior receives food and shelter at a monastery in Ireland, where he is venerated as a saint. He shares his true identity with the priests, who have a vow of silence, and hides a piece of the Berserker Staff in the monastery.[14]
August
26th
- The Berserker Warrior hides the second piece of his staff inside a tree in the future location of Trillemarka National Park, Norway.[14]
December
11th
- The Berserker Warrior hides the final piece of his staff in the catacombs under a church in Seville, Spain.[14]
1342
- The Ancient One is born.[15]
1409
January
21st
1413
- Lorelei terrorizes the Nine Realms, using her power of enthrallment to enslave hundreds of men. She is eventually defeated by Sif and imprisoned in Asgard's dungeons.[17]
1507
April
13th
- A painting portraying the Virgin and Child is finished in Spain.[18]
1521
May
7th
- In Asgard, Haldier, the Blacksmith finds the legendary Cup of Glory. He returns to his shop leaving the treasure behind in the Old Mine.[19]
12th
- Haldier decides he will bring it back from the Old Mine. Loki overhears him, and comes up with his own plan stealing the Cup making Haldier as a liar.[19]
13th
- Loki is chased by Brunok, the son of Haldier, because Loki insulted his father.[19]
- Thor stops the chase by grabbing the two of them. Loki suggests they hold a contest of virtue, cleverness and skill the next day to settle the matter, and that they should choose teams.[19]
14th
- Thor states that the contest will follow the traditional rules of the Virtue Challenge, which they all passed when they became adults. Loki's team and Brunok's team set off riding, until they reach the first challenge of valor they have to retrieve a treasured bone from the Wolves' Treasureyard. Loki wins the challenge and Brunok is incarcerated.[19]
1546
December
20th
- Having spent hundreds of years living on Earth, the Berserker Warrior tells his story to a French girl. Her brother, a priest, adapts the story into the legend of "The Warrior Who Stayed".[14]
1634
May
4th
- Construction on one of the first sentry boxes at Castillo San Cristóbal is finished. Over time, this particular guerite would be called "The Devil's Sentry" ("La Garita del Diablo"), becoming the subject of a legend in which soldiers disappeared from the sentry box.[20]
1650
- Madame Gao is interrogated several times.[21]
1706
January
17th
- Benjamin Franklin is born.[22][23]
1723
- Crispus Attucks is born.[22][23]
1770
March
5th
- Crispus Attucks dies in the Boston Massacre.[24][23]
1839
April
8th
- A group of English noblemen, members of HYDRA Society, meet to choose one of them to enter a portal inside a stone monolith.[25]
1853
June
21st
- Elliot Randolph visits a castle in England while following rumors of a group of lords who traveled across the stars.[25]
1864
November
29th
- Around seven hundred men of one of the militias of the United States Military slaughter a peaceful village of Cheyenne in Sand Creek, Colorado, killing and mutilating around one hundred Indians, mostly women and children. The militiamen waited for the men of the tribe to leave the village, and they attacked the families left behind to claim their land.[26]
1867
December
23rd
- Sarah Breedlove, later known as Madam C. J. Walker, is born.[22][27]
1869
September
14th
- Abraham Erskine is born in Augsburg, Germany.[28]
1874
March
24th
- Erik Weisz, later known as Harry Houdini, is born.[22][29][30]
November
30th
- Winston Churchill is born.[22]
1876
September
14th
- The great-grandfather of Ulysses Klaue is killed by the Black Panther of Wakanda.[31]
December
3rd
- Chester Phillips is born.[32]
1878
December
18th
- Joseph Stalin is born.[22]
1882
January
30th
- Franklin D. Roosevelt is born.[22]
September
22nd
- Wilhelm Keitel is born.[22]
1884
May
8th
- Harry S. Truman is born.[22]
1889
April
20th
- Adolf Hitler is born.[22]
1890
October
14th
- Dwight D. Eisenhower is born.[22]
1891
January
7th
- Zora Neale Hurtson is born.[22][23]
September
16th
- Karl Dönitz is born.[22]
October
20th
- Jomo Kenyatta is born.[22][33]
1894
April
15th
- Nikita Khrushchev is born.[22]
1897
November
24th
- Charles Luciano, later known as Lucky Luciano, is born.[22][30]
1899
April
29th
- Duke Ellington is born.[22][23]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guardians of the Galaxy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.08: The Things We Bury
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.16: Paradise Lost
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.08: Many Heads, One Tale
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.10: Maveth
- ↑ Doctor Strange
- ↑ Daredevil: 2.08: Guilty as Sin
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Thor: The Dark World
- ↑ Iron Fist: Felling Three with Roots
- ↑ The Art of War, Big Pun, Blackalicious, Boogie Down Productions, Crazy in Love, iPod 1st Generation, Priesthood, So Fresh, So Clean, Summertime '06, Uptown Saturday Night, Malibu
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Thor
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Marvel's Timeline
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.08: The Well
- ↑ Doctor Strange’s Screenwriter Explains the Movie’s Biggest Twists
- ↑ Captain America: The First Avenger
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.15: Yes Men
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.04: Face My Enemy
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Thor, The Mighty Avenger
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.09: Ye Who Enter Here
- ↑ Iron Fist: 1.09: The Mistress of All Agonies
- ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13 22.14 22.15 22.16 Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to people who existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 Luke Cage: 1.01: Moment of Truth
- ↑ Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to events which happened in our world, and it is assumed they happened on the same dates in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.02: Purpose in the Machine
- ↑ Iron Man 3
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.03: Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
- ↑ S.H.I.E.L.D. Files
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.09: DWYCK
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Luke Cage: 1.11: Now You're Mine
- ↑ Avengers: Age of Ultron
- ↑ Strategic Scientific Reserve
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.02: Code of the Streets