This is a Timeline of events as depicted or mentioned in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Event Chronology
Before 20th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Live-Action Media Chronology
20th Century
21st Century
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- The Incredible Hulk
- Thor
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- The Avengers
- Iron Man 3
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Thor: The Dark World
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season two)
Full Chronology
Before 20th Century
- Thor: The Dark World (prologue)
- Thor (prologue)
- Thor, The Mighty Avenger
20th Century
- Captain America: First Vengeance (flashbacks)
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Captain America: First Vengeance (concurrent events)
- Captain America & Thor: Avengers! (concurrent events)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season two)
- The Things We Bury (HYDRA Fortress flashbacks)
- Shadows (flashbacks)
- The Things We Bury (The Rat flashbacks)
- Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere
- Agent Carter
- Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
- Nick Fury: Spies Like Us
- Guardians of the Galaxy (prologue)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season two)
- The Things We Bury (1989 flashbacks)
- Iron Man 3 (prologue)
21st Century
- The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture
- The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files (concurrent events)
- Iron Man: Fast Friends, Volume 1
- Iron Man
- Iron Man: Security Measures (concurrent events)
- Iron Man: Fast Friends, Volume 2 (concurrent events)
- Iron Man 2: Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Iron Man 2: Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron
- Iron Man 2: Public Identity
- Iron Man 2: Security Breach
- Iron Man: Will Online Evils Prevail?
- Iron Man 2: Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- "Big Week" (concurrent events)
- The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week
- Iron Man 2
- The Incredible Hulk
- Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
- Thor
- Iron Man 3 Prelude (prologue)
- Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
- Thor: The Dark World Prelude (prologue)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (prologue & epilogue)
- The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative
- The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII
- The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes
- The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week, Volume 8
- The Avengers
- Iron Man 3 Prelude (concurrent events)
- Thor: The Dark World Prelude (concurrent events)
- Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
- Iron Man 3 Prelude (epilogue)
- Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter
- Thor: The Dark World Prelude (epilogue)
- Iron Man 3
- Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Thor: The Dark World
- Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase
- Captain America: Homecoming
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season one)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season two)