Source: http://collider.com/mcu-timeline-explained/#infinity-stones-celestials-frost-giants


2013:
- January 30th
- Carl Lucas is set up by Willis Stryker and sentenced to Seagate Prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
- February 15th
- Carl Lucas meets his therapist, Reva Connors.
- August
- Matt Murdock turns down permanent positions at law firm Landman and Zack, but also commits his first act of vigilantism by beating up his child-abusing neighbor.
- August 5th
- Carl Lucas undergoes an experiment at Seagate Prison that grants him super-strength and impenetrable skin, allowing him to break out of prison that same night. Reva meets him at a motel and they continue their relationship, though he now goes by Luke Cage.
- September 8th
- Nick Fury gives Coulson command of the Bus.
- September 9th
- Centipede Project test subject Michael Peterson saves a woman from an exploded building, earning the moniker “Hooded Hero.” A day later, he’s apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who hope to stabilize his Extremis virus that comprised the Centipede serum.
- September 18th
- Agent Grant Ward begins training Skye to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
September 27th
- Jessica Jones is forced to wear a sandwich costume for her job at a bad sandwich shop and manages to save a kid from being hit by a car.
- September 28th
- Carl Lucas marries Reva Connors
- September 29th
- Kilgrave places Jessica Jones under his mind control, a kidnapping that lasts for months.
- October 15th
- Frank Castle receives his medal of honor for his service as a marine in Afghanistan
- November 9th
- The Convergence begins.
- November 11th
- Thor leads the Asgardians in the Battle of Vanaheim and defeats the Marauders. Thor then heads to Earth to locate Jane Foster who has become infected with the power of the Aether. Thor brings Jane to Asgard for treatment, against his father’s wishes, but the reappearance of the Aether itself awakens Malekith and his army from a 5,000 year slumber.
- November 12th
- Malekith and Algrim kill Thor’s mother, Frigga. Against his father’s wishes yet again, Thor plots to free Loki in order to find a way to defeat the Dark Elves and take his revenge.
- November 14th
- While Loki uses his magic to trick Odin into claiming the throne, Thor and his human allies defeat Malekith and the Dark Elves at the Battle of Greenwich.
- November 16th
Thor refuses the throne of Asgard from Odin (who’s actually Loki in disguise) and chooses to remain on Earth, while Sif and Volstagg meet the Collector to deliver the Aether to him for safe keeping. Unbeknownst to them, he then tasks Gamora with finding the Orb in order to collect more Infinity Stones.
- December 5th
- Michael Peterson awakes after suffering horrific injuries to find himself missing a leg, but now sporting a Backscatter X-Ray Eye implant, and under the employ of the Clairvoyant.
- December 18th
- Ten Rings agent Jackson Norris infiltrates Seagate Prison and kidnaps Trevor Slattery to deliver him to the real Mandarin.
2014:
- January 20th
- Under Kilgrave’s control, Jessica Jones kills Reva Connors.
- January 23rd
- Jessica Jones escapes Kilgrave’s control following a car accident, presuming him dead. Kilgrave survives, however, and forces Jack Denton to donate his kidneys which Dr. David Kurata transplants into Kilgrave without anesthesia.
- February 6th
- Coulson discovers the Kree body in the Guest House, which is destroyed after Skye is healed of her gunshot wounds.
- February 12th
- Lorelei arrives on Earth and is followed by Sif, on Odin/Loki’s orders, who attempts to apprehend her.
- February 19th
- Sif and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. defeat Lorelei and Sif returns to Asgard.
March 31st
- Phil Coulson and other agents discuss possible identities of the entity known as the Clairvoyant.
- Steve Rogers meets Sam Wilson during a morning run in Washington, D.C. (On your left.)
- Captain America and Black Widow lead S.H.I.E.L.D.’s STRIKE team in retaking the Lemurian Star and rescuing hostages; Captain America fights and defeats Batroc the Leaper while Black Widow downloads information from the ship’s computers.
- April 1st
- Steve Rogers confronts Nick Fury about the espionage and learns of Project Insight. He later visits an ailing Peggy Carter and attends Sam Wilson’s counseling session.
- Nick Fury is attacked by the Winter Soldier. Captain America pursues the assassin while Agent 13 / Sharon Carter gets Fury to a hospital, where he appears to die while undergoing surgery.
- April 2nd
- Captain America is attacked by members of STRIKE and goes on the run with Black Widow. Together they learn the truth of the Winter Soldier’s history and of HYDRA’s existence within S.H.I.E.L.D. before the Camp Lehigh bunker is destroyed.
- April 4th
Captain America, Black Widow, and the Falcon take on the members of HYDRA who have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., including the high-ranking Alexander Pierce. Along with the not-actually-dead Nick Fury and Maria Hill, they take out the three helicarriers HYDRA had planned to use to neutralize over 715,000 potential threats to their organization.
- After a brutal fight that damages the Triskelion, the Winter Soldier begins to remember his past as Bucky Barnes and pulls an unconscious Captain America from the Potomac River.
- With HYDRA’s infiltration exposed to the public, a series of battles take place between the double agents and the S.H.I.E.L.D. faithful before the agency itself is labeled a terrorist organization by the federal government.
- April 9th
- Coulson and his agents defeat John Garrett.
- Fury appoints Coulson as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and grants him the Toolbox which points him to their new facility, the Playground.
- April 11th
- Wolfgang von Strucker assures his HYDRA personnel that their work will continue despite recent events. He observes Pietro and Wanda Maximoff practicing their “miraculous” abilities.
- July 31st
- The Kree and Nova Empires sign a peace treaty, ending the long war between them. Ronan the Accuser refuses to submit to the terms and is labeled a terrorist.
- August 1st
- Star-Lord travels solo to Morag to take possession of the Orb, but is attacked by Korath the Pursuer and Sakaaran mercenaries.
- Quill flees and informs Yondu that he’s breaking off from the ravagers, which results in a bounty placed on Quill’s head.
- Ronan sends Gamora after Quill and the Orb.
- August 2nd
- After Gamora attacks Quill and steals the orb, and once Rocket Raccoon and Groot attempt to capture Quill in order to claim the bounty, they’re all apprehended by Nova Corps and imprisoned at the Kyln.
- In the prison, they meet Drax the Destroyer who attempts to kill Gamora as vengeance for the death of his wife and daughter at Ronan’s hands. They work together to escape the Kyln the following day, but are now pursued by Ronan and Nebula.
- At Knowhere, the group learns of the Orb’s power from the Collector, but the Infinity Stone it contains soon falls into Ronan’s hands. Ronan betrays Thanos, with Nebula at his side, and uses the stone for himself.
- August 4th
- The Ravagers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Nova Corps worth together to defeat Ronan.
- The Infinity Stone is given to Nova Corps for protection.
- September 10th
- Nebula is apprehended by the Sovereign while attempting to steal Anulax Batteries.
- September 19th
- Brock Rumlow awakens from his coma, attacks his nurse, and escapes the hospital.
October 17th
- The Guardians of the Galaxy are hired by Ayesha of the Sovereign to defeat the battery-eating Abilisk. Their reward for doing so is the release of Nebula.
- Rocket Raccoon steals some of the Anulax Batteries, leading to a skirmish with the Sovereign fleet.
- Ego saves them from destruction and introduces himself (and Mantis) to them when they crash-land on the planet Berhert.
- On Contraxia, Yondu’s expulsion from the Ravagers for child trafficking is publicly restated by Stakar Ogord. Ayesha arrives and hires Yondu to capture the Guardians.
- October 19th
- Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Kraglin kill the mutineers and escape the Eclector.
- Gamora, Drax and Nebula learn of Ego’s plan from Mantis, just as Peter Quill hears it from Ego himself. Quill uses his access to Celestial power to battle his father while the other Guardians manage to destroy the heart of Ego’s power.
- Yondu sacrifices himself in order to save Quill. He receives a traditional Ravagers funeral, restoring honor to his memory. Stakar reunites with his former teammates Charlie-27, Aleta Ogord, Mainframe, and Krugarr.
- October 25th
- Adam Warlock is created by Ayesha as the perfect weapon to take down the Guardians.
- January 11th
- Bobbi Morse rescues an undercover Jemma Simmons from the HYDRA Laboratories.
- January 12th
- Matt Murdock, having recently confessed his sins and begged pardon for his future activities, decides to become a force for good in Hell’s Kitchen, becoming the vigilante, Daredevil. He saves three women from being kidnapped by Turk Barrett and his men.
- January 13th
- Karen Page is accused of killing Daniel Fisher. Murdock and Nelson are hired to defend her.
- January 18th
- Badly injured, Daredevil is tended to by Claire Temple for the first time. He later survives a brutal battle in order to rescue a kidnapped boy.
- January 30th
- Daredevil and Stick attack Nobu Yoshioka’s men while they are receiving delivery of the Black Sky, a young boy. Daredevil prevents Stick from killing the boy, but only temporarily.
- February 2nd
- Wilson Fisk publicly announces his intention to rid Hell’s Kitchen of the criminal element, sabotaging Murdock and Ben Urich’s plans to expose the mobster.
February 4th
- After barely surviving a duel against Yoshioka, daredevil narrowly escapes death at the hands of Wilson Fisk.
- Foggy Nelson learns of Daredevil’s identity while Claire Temple patches him up, once again.
- February 8th
- Daredevil encounters Madame Gao while infiltrating the Steel Serpent drug manufacturing and distribution warehouse.
- Ben Urich is assassinated by Fisk.
- February 14th
- After being arrested by the FBI, Wilson Fisk’s men free him, but Daredevil (in his new suit from Melvin Potter) duels Fisk in Hell’s Kitchen, and defeats him. Fisk is apprehended by the NYPD.
- March 7th
- An attack on the United Nations Headquarters is carried out by HYDRA operatives claiming to be operating under the orders of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- March 10th
- Jessica Jones takes a case tracking down the missing Hope Shlottman.
- Jones meets local bar owner Luke Cage and the two have a one-night stand, but Jones quickly leaves when she sees Reva Connors’ picture in his apartment.
March 11th
- Jones finds Hope and rescues her, but since Hope was under the influence of Kilgrave, she shoots her own parents.
- March 12th
- Jones starts to investigate Kilgrave’s activity once again, inspired by the radio show of her adopted sister, Trish Walker.
- March 14th
- A brawl at Luke’s bar reveals to Luke Cage and Jessica Jones that each other have powers.
- March 29th
- Jessica Jones, Trish Walker, and Will Simpsons successfully subdue Kilgrave, but he’s freed by his bodyguards.
- March 31st
- The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. battle HYDRA agents in Kree City, where Skye and Raina’s Inhuman abilities are revealed by Terrigen Mist. Antoine Triplett dies in the process.
- April 3rd
- Frank Castle finishes his last tour of duty and heads home to New York City.
- April 4th
- Castle and his family are caught in a mob firefight in Central Park. He survives with only a gunshot to his hand, but his wife and daughter are killed.
- April 8th
- Kilgrave attempts to win Jessica Jones’ affections by purchasing her childhood home and showing her tapes of his own childhood in which his unethical parents experimented on him.
- Jones manages to drug Kilgrave and escape both his bodyguards and those who want to kill him.
April 13th
- Under Kilgrave’s thrall, Luke Cage destroys his own bar. Jessica Jones comes to his rescue, but the two soon fight since Luke is still under Kilgrave’s influence.
- April 15th
- Now resistant to Kilgrave’s powers, Jessica Jones tricks the mind-controlling villain into letting his guard down. She snaps his neck, killing him. Jones is then taken to prison but is soon freed by Jeri Hogarth.
- April 28th
- The Avengers assemble to raid HYDRA’s main research base in Sokovia. They interact with the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff but manage to succeed in their mission to liberate the Scepter and take Wolfgang von Strucker into custody, ending the War on HYDRA.
- They return to Avengers Tower where Tony Stark and Bruce Banner discover an artificial intelligence hidden within the Scepter, which they opt to use for Stark’s peacekeeping Ultron Program.
- May 2nd
- During a celebratory party at Avengers Tower, Ultron becomes sentient, determines that the human race is volatile and self-destructive, and attempts to destroy J.A.R.V.I.S. before forming a body for itself out of parts of Stark’s new Iron Legion suits.
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- Ultron introduces himself to the Avengers and uses the Iron Legion drones to attack them. They defeat the drones and Thor destroys Ultron’s body, but his AI inhabits a remaining suit and flees with the Scepter.
- Ultron flies to the Sokovia base and builds an army of drones to control. He also wins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff to his cause since they seek vengeance on Tony Stark due to the death of their parents in an attack which used Stark weaponry.
- Ultron also assassinates Wolfang von Strucker.
May 3rd
- The Avengers attempt to prevent Ultron from securing vibranium from Ulysses Klaue (who loses an arm due to an angry Ultron) in South Africa, but are stymied by Wanda’s mind-altering powers.
- Hulk goes on a rampage in Johannesburg due to these visions and Tony Stark summons the Hulkbuster armor to defeat him after a lengthy battle.
- The team goes into hiding after this terrifying and destructive public display while Thor goes off in search of answers to his own visions, leading him to discover the existence of the Infinity Stones and the Scepter’s Mind Stone.
- May 5th
- The Avengers, joined by the Maximoff twins who have learned of Ultron’s true plans to destroy the human race, arrive in Seoul, South Korea to stop Ultron from completing his vibranium body. They secure the robot body, but lose Romanoff to Ultron.
- Stark and Banner attempt to upload the remaining J.A.R.V.I.S. program into the synthetic body which houses the mind stone in its forehead. With Thor’s assistance, Vision is born. He proves his worthiness by lifting Mjølnir and handing it to Thor before siding with the Avengers against Ultron.
- Stark uploads a new A.I. named F.R.I.D.A.Y. into his Mark XLV armor.
- May 6th
- The Avengers head to Sokovia for a final showdown against Ultron and to rescue Black Widow, while S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrive to evacuate citizens of the now-floating city.
- Pietro Maximoff sacrifices himself to save Hawkeye and a young Sokovian boy.
- Hulk tosses Ultron from the hijacked Quinjet, but then sets the autopilot for an unknown destination to keep from endangering the team anymore. For two years, Banner remains in Hulk form, winding up on the planet Sakaar and battling in gladiatorial combat as the Grandmaster’s champion.
- Wanda Maximoff rips out Ultron’s core and Vision destroys the final Ultron sentry containing the insane A.I.
- The Avengers prevent an extinction-level event that would have been caused by Sokovia crashing to Earth, but the son of Miriam Sharpe and Helmut Zemo’s family die in the battle.
May 8th
- The New Avengers Facility breaks ground in New York.
- Jonathan Pangborn heads to Kamar-Taj to find a cure for his injuries.
- May 9th
- Thanos retrieves his Infinity Gauntlet, sans Infinity Stones, and vows, “I’ll do it myself.”
- Coulson loses his hand during the retaking of the Illiad.
- Terrigen Crystals dissolve in the world’s oceans and make their way into fish oil pills …
- May 16th
- Jemma Simmons is swallowed up by the Monolith and winds up on an alien planet known as Maveth.
- May 28th
- The New Avengers facility officially opens (in record time), but Hawkeye returns to his wife and newborn son, Stark appears to retire, Banner is AWOL, and Thor is pursuing answers to his visions on Asgard. Captain America and Black Widow prepare to train the New Avengers: Vision, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, and War Machine.
- June 1st
- Luke Cage starts working at Pop’s Barber Shop.
- July 13th
- Senate hearings for Sokovia relief efforts begin.
- July 16th
- Stark Industries announce new scholarships.
- July 17th
- Scott Lang is released from prison and gets a job at Baskin-Robbins.
- Darren Cross presents his Yellowjacket suit during a meeting with Pym Technologies and other companies while also privately revealing to Hank Pym that he knows of his past as Ant-Man. Pym plans to put a stop to Cross’ efforts.
- July 20th
- Scott Lang is fired from Baskin-Robbins and kicked out of his daughter’s birthday party. He signs on to a heist job.
July 23rd
- Having successfully pulled of the heist, Lang tries on the suit he found in the home’s safe. He tries it out, shrinking him down to size and hearing Hank Pym’s voice in the suit.
- When Lang tries to return the suit, he’s arrested and sent back to prison. Here he meets Pym in person for the first time and learns that the older man orchestrated the whole heist. An ant delivers the Ant-Man suit to Lang on Pym’s behalf, allowing him to escape prison.
- July 29th
- Lang masters the suit’s abilities and combat training thanks to assistance from Pym and Hope van Dyne.
- July 30th
- Lang battles Falcon at the New Avengers facility and manages to steal a device that will help him to liberate the Yellowjacket suit.
- July 31st
- Lang infiltrates Pym Technologies HQ and battles Cross, who dons the Yellowjacket suit. The battle continues at Lang’s ex-wife’s house in his daughter’s bedroom where Cross is defeated. His plans to sell his tech to HYDRA are foiled when Cross is killed by Lang shrinking into the Quantum Realm to destroy the suit.
- Lang figures out a way to emerge from the Quantum Realm, but forgets it upon his sudden enlargement.
- August 4th
- Hank Pym presents Hope van Dyne with a new Wasp suit.
- August 23rd
- Groot is now “adolescent” in maturity level and size, making Peter Quill appreciate how tough Yondu’s role as guardian really was.
- October 21st
- Members of the Dogs of Hell biker gang are killed by a mysterious attacker.
October 28th
- Gunfire tears apart the Burren Club where the Kitchen Irish were meeting. Only Grotto survives.
- Frank Castle attempts to finish his hit on Grotto, but the man is saved by Karen Page. Daredevil intervenes but is concussed and wounded during a rooftop fight.
- October 29th
- Castle goes after Grotto again but is once again foiled by Daredevil. However, Castle is able to take Daredevil hostage in the process.
- Daredevil escapes his chains but Castle kills Grotto anyway and forces Daredevil to fight against the Dogs of Hell biker gang in order to flee.
- November 1st
- The Kitchen Irish kidnap and torture Castle, now known as the Punisher.
- Daredevil learns of Castle’s family during a conversation in St. Michael’s Cemetery.
- Elektra Natchios returns asking for Matt Murdock’s help.
- November 2nd
- Daredevil and Elektra defeat the Yakuza who ambush them at Elektra’s penthouse.
- November 5th
- Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider.
- November 14th
- Peter Parker decides to use his new abilities to protect people as Spider-Man.
- November 15th
- Luke Cage defends Connie and Jin Lin from thugs attempting to extort them, though he busts up Genghis Connie’s in the fight.
- November 16th
- Pop’s Barber Shop is shot up and Pops dies.
- November 17th
- Frank Castle is imprisoned on Ryker’s Island and wastes no time in attempting to kill Dutton after getting the information that he needed from him. Double-crossed by Wilson Fisk, Castle also manages to kill all of Dutton’s allies before being subdued by prison guards. He soon escapes prison.
- Daredevil investigates a Hand facility in which children are being drained of their blood. He discovers that Yoshioka is still alive.
Luke Cage smashes his way through the Crispus Attucks complex and steals the ill-gotten money.
- Cottonmouth blows up Genghis Connie’s but fails to kill Luke Cage in the process.
- November 18th
- The Hand attack Metro-General Hospital and retrieve the children they had been draining of blood.
- November 21st
- Sam Wilson searches for Ant-Man and hears stories about Spider-Man in the process.
- Daredevil and Elektra take on the vast numbers of the Hand and are assisted by Punisher and Stick. Elektra dies in the battle, however.
- November 27th
- A monstrous Inhuman known as Lash arrives, one of many new Inhumans transformed by the Terrigen Mist.
- November 29th
- After 4,722 hours, Simmons is finally rescued from Maveth and returns to Earth.
- November 30th
- Mariah Dillard kills Cottonmouth.
- Willis Stryker, a.k.a. Diamondback, wounds Luke Cage with a Judas Bullet.
- December 3rd
- Luke Cage duels Diamondback (now in his power s
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- Luke Cage is arrested for his escape from Seagate Prison, though Claire Temple mentions a lawyer she knows who might help him.
December 23rd
- Elektra’s funeral is held. Nelson and Murdock close their tab at Josie’s Bar.
- December 24th
- Frank Castle returns home and burns it to the ground, but not before retrieving a disc labeled “Micro.”
- December 25th
- Matt Murdock reveals his identity as Daredevil to Karen Page.
- Elektra is revealed to be the next incarnation of Black Sky.
Two Years after the Battle of Sokovia: The Events of Thor: Ragnarok
Spoilers ahead for Thor: Ragnarok if you haven’t seen it yet!
- In search of the Infinity Stones, Thor seeks out (and is captured by) the fire demon Surtur in the realm of Muspelheim. Surtur is destined to bring about Ragnarok–the destruction of Asgard–but not just yet since Thor defeats him and takes his crown as a trophy.
- Loki, meanwhile, has been enjoying his disguise as Odin for years now, but Thor puts a stop to that party when he returns home to Asgard. The brothers are reunited in their quest to find their father, Odin, and with the assistance of Doctor Strange, they travel to Norway to say farewell to their dying father.
- With Odin’s death comes the release of Hela, the banished Goddess of Death, form her millennia-long imprisonment. The first clash between Hela and her brothers ends with her destruction of Mjolnir and their flight to the bifrost bridge.
- Hela continues to Asgard, the source of her power, and destroys the army opposing her (led by Hogun) while resurrecting her own army of the dead (including the giant wolf Fenris) and appointing the reluctant, traitorous Skurge as her executioner.
Thor and Loki both wind up on the garbage planet Sakaar, though at different times: Loki has been there long enough to weasel his way into the good graces of the planet’s ruler, the Grandmaster. Thor, however, is captured by an Asgardian Valkyrie mercenary nicknamed Scrapper 142 and thrown into the fighting pit where he faces off against the arena’s champion, Hulk.
- Having survived the fight and escaped captivity with the help of Valkyrie (and Loki, at least temporarily), Thor is able to restore Banner to his human form thanks to a video recording from Natasha stored in the Quinjet archive. After two years as the Hulk, Banner returns, though he’s concerned that he’ll never be able to do so again should the Hulk be allowed to come out just one more time.
- When Thor, Banner, and Valkyrie arrive on Asgard, Hela’s forces are about to decimate the rebellious Heimdall and the Asgardians he’s protecting. Banner becomes the Hulk (after a painful fall down to the Rainbow Bridge) and battles Hela’s resurrected Fenris Wolf and the undead forces led by Skurge.
- Thor and Valkyrie battle Hela, though the God of Thunder loses an eye in this effort. His resultant vision of Odin channels untapped power into Thor and he’s able to rejoin the fight.
- Meanwhile, a revolution on Sakaar, led in part by the Kronan known as Korg and the planet’s insectoid native known as Miek before they headed to Asgard to rescue the realm’s inhabitants, defeated the Grandmaster, who is last seen attempting to win favor with the victors.
- Loki and the surviving gladiators, including Korg and Miek, arrive on Asgard to act as a lifeboat to rescue the Asgardian citizens. Skurge sacrifices himself to save his fellow Asgardians in a redemptive final act. While Thor, Hulk, and Valkyrie distract Hela, Loki liberates the crown of Surtur (possibly swiping the tesseract in the process) and summons the fire demon using the Eternal Flame, the only entity who can bring about Ragnarok and defeat Hela, at the price of the destruction of Asgard.
- Having escaped aboard a spaceship, an eyepatch-sporting Thor assumes the role of Ruler of Asgard and takes his throne, flanked by Heimdall, Valkyrie, Loki, Korg, and Hulk. Their plan is to head to Earth/Midgard and attempt to rebuild Asgard, perhaps in Norway. However, a massive spacecraft suddenly looms above their ship…
*This timeline will be updated as new MCU movies and TV shows air.



























