Before 20th Century

"Before creation itself, there were six singularities. Then the universe exploded into existence, and the remnants of this system were forged into concentrated ingots... Infinity Stones."

- Collector

This is a timeline of events that occurred before the 20th century.

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

 * The Dark Elf species originated in the Ginnungagap, the vast, primordial darkness that existed prior to the creation of the manifest universe, where they reigned absolute and unchallenged.

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

 * As the universe came into existence, six pre-existing singularities were formed into the six Infinity Stones (Space, Mind, Reality, Power, Soul, and Time) by the Cosmic Entities.

c. 80,000,000 B.C.
"Millions" would technically refer to a minimum of 2 million years, and a maximum realistically of 9.99999. It can be up to 19.99999, which is just before it becomes "tens of millions", so a weighted average means the maximum is roughly 13.33333 million years. This would mean that "millions" strictly refers to approximately, to find the midpoint, (2 + 13.33333) ÷ 2 = 7.66667 million years. However, it is rare for people to refer to "tens of millions" or "hundreds of millions", and this needs to be taken into account - that Ego may simply be referring to any number ending in "millions" (be it units, tens, or hundreds). The middle of these is tens of millions, which is absolute minimum 10 and realistic minimum 20, to realistic maximum 99.99999 and absolute maximum 199.99999. Therefore, with weighted averages, it is roughly minimum 16.66667 million years, maximum 133.33333 years, and the midpoint of these is (16.66667 + 133.33333) ÷ 2 = 75 million years. Finally, averaging these two figures, you get around (7.66667 + 75) ÷ 2 = 41.33333 million years as an approximation for the term "millions". Ego then later says "millions and millions". This is also a hard number to quantify, but can be boiled down to either meaning "millions + millions" (so × 2), or "millions on top of millions", like building to the power of 2 (so × 2², or × 4). From this, one could say that it is around × (2 + 4) ÷ 2 = × 3. Therefore, one could approximate that "millions and millions" means roughly 41.33333 × 3 = 124 million years. The average of these two is then (41.33333 + 124) ÷ 2 = 82.66667 million years, meaning overall that Ego was born very approximately 82,666,666.66667 years before 2014. This gives roughly 82,664,653 B.C. - or c. 80,000,000 B.C. to 1 significant figure (to signify that it is a very rough approximation). The Celestial scenes shown by the Collector in Guardians of the Galaxy can be assumed to have occurred around the same era.
 * The Celestials use the Power Stone to impose judgment upon enemy civilizations. Over time, the Cosmic 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. In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ego says he has been building his planet, since he came into existence, for "millions of years".
 * The Celestial Ego is born. After gaining self-consciousness, Ego creates layers of matter around himself, eventually forming a new planet over millions of years. Ego explores the universe in an attempt to find life besides himself, but feels disappointed in what he finds. Eventually, he begins planting seeds on many of these worlds, with the intent of one day using them to absorb all life until only he remains.

c. 2,500,000 B.C.

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

c. 30,100 B.C.

 * A Chronicom begins its life. Thousands of years later, it would assume the identity of "Enoch".

c. 28,000 B.C.

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

c. 10,000 B.C.

 * The five tribes of Wakanda live in constant war with each other until, one day, a warrior shaman named Bashenga receives a vision from the panther goddess Bast, who leads him to the Heart-Shaped Herb. Bashenga ingests the plant and it grants him superhuman strength, speed, and instincts. He becomes king and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda. While four of the tribes agree to live under Bashenga's reign, the Jabari Tribe instead choose to isolate themselves in the mountains.

7353 B.C.

 * Buri, the first king of Asgard, is born.

c. 5700 B.C.

 * 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.

5244 B.C.

 * Bor Burison is born to Buri, king of Asgard.

c. 3500 B.C.

 * 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".
 * A powerful Inhuman, referred to 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. 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.
 * 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.

3480 B.C.

 * Odin Borson is born to Bor Burison, becoming the heir to the throne of Asgard.

3460 B.C.

 * Odin defeats Surtur in battle. The Fire Demon would then spend nearly 5500 years recovering in Muspelheim, before his encounter with Odin's son, Thor, in 2017.

2988 B.C.

 * The Convergence occurs. The gravitational anomalies that it causes allows the construction of several megalithic monuments, particularly Stonehenge.
 * First Battle of Svartalfheim:
 * The Dark Elves led by Malekith try to destroy the Nine Realms with the power of the Aether, the Reality Stone. 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.

679 B.C.

 * Hela Odinsdottir is born to Odin Borson, becoming the rightful heir to the throne of Asgard as his firstborn.

659 B.C.

 * Subjugation of the Nine Realms: As Hela reaches adulthood, she begins to fight alongside her father, Odin. Over the years, together, they build Asgard's empire across the realms and build its glory.Cate Blanchett is quoted as saying that Hela was imprisoned for 5000 years. This is not quite possible, as in Thor: The Dark World, Odin says, "We are not gods. We are born, we live, we die. Just as humans do," to which Loki replies, "... Give or take 5000 years." The implication from this is that Asgardians live approximately 5000 years longer than humans, and this matches what we see in Thor, where Odin is shown to be roughly a decade or so younger in 965 A.D. than in 2010, 1045 years later - also proving that Odin does not have an especially long lifespan. Loki's dialogue also matches nicely with the understanding that Asgardians age at a normal human rate until adulthood before slowing down significantly, as it lines up perfectly with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston's ages when calculated. For Hela to have been imprisoned for 5000 years, she would have to have been a child when imprisoned, and an elderly woman now - and even if she had not aged in her imprisonment for whatever reason, she would have to be a few thousand years old when she was imprisoned, which would have been only a few hundred years after Odin, her father's birth. Overall, it can be assumed that Blanchett is rounding up, intending "a few thousand years". The earliest this event can possibly be, with Hela's date of birth calculated for early 679 B.C. (see other references), is Hela beginning fighting with her father in 659 B.C., when Hela is 20 (by both human and Asgardian age, the approximate age at which Asgardians reach adulthood), and then 639 B.C., after about a minimum of 20 years of building the empire, for her imprisonment - only 2655 years before Thor: Ragnarok.

639 B.C.

 * By the time Odin decides to stop his conquest after realising peace is the true way to unite the Nine Realms, Hela's ambition has grown too large, and coupled with her tremendous powers, she ultimately tries to take the throne and Odin is forced to battle and imprison his daughter in the realm of Hel after defeating her, for the safety of the Asgardians. There she was kept for nearly 2700 years, until her escape in 2017. Odin would spend the next several centuries burying her history and pretending she never existed. When his next child, Thor, was born over 1600 years later, he claimed him to be his actual firstborn.

c. 500 B.C.

 * The Wakandans begin to construct taller buildings in the main city.

450 B.C.

 *  is first published.

384 B.C.

 * is born.

21/22

 * is born.

10/11

 * dies.

322 B.C.

 * dies.

c. 16 A.D.

 * The elders of K'un-Lun study how to harness the Chi for medical purposes, but five of them wish to use it to gain immortality. The five are banished from the Order of the Crane Mother and later they found the Hand. The Hand learns how to use dead Dragon bones for the Resurrection Elixir, and starts conquering East Asia. A group called the Chaste stands in their way and a rivalry that lasts thousands of years begins.

24th

 * : The Hand causes the destruction of the city of Pompeii, which is later covered up as a natural volcanic eruption.

c. 200 A.D.

 * Wakanda thrives as the world around them continues to war, implementing war elephants in battle.

650 A.D.

 * A vibranium tool, which would eventually come into the hands of the of, is forged in Wakanda.

c. 950 A.D.

 * Massacre of the Valkyrie: After nearly 1600 years of imprisonment, Hela attempts to escape from her prison of Hel. Her father and the man who imprisoned her, Odin, sends his army of Valkyries on their flying steeds to keep her at bay. They attempt to prevent her escape, but Hela is too much for them and she massacres the whole army, save for Brunnhilde, who is saved by one of her teammates. Odin intervenes and enters Hel. The All-Father manages to overpower and reimprison Hela.
 * Brunnhilde forsakes Asgard and escapes to the junk planet of Sakaar, where she intends to live out the rest of her days drinking and salvaging, attempting to leave her old Valkyrie life behind her.

964 A.D.

 * Thor Odinson is born to Odin Borson and Frigga, and claimed to be Odin's firstborn child, and thus the heir to the throne of Asgard. He is not told about his imprisoned older sister until the day of his father's death in 2017.

965 A.D.

 * 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.
 * A son is born to Laufey, king of the Frost Giants. He is left out to die in Jotunheim.
 * Battle of Jotunheim: Odin leads the Asgardian army in an epic battle against the Frost Giants, to repel their invasion and protect Midgard.
 * The Asgardians 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.

973 A.D.

 * An 8-year-old Loki uses his sorcery to turn himself into snakes, enticing his older brother, Thor, who is nearly 9, to go and pick him up. Once Thor has done so, Loki turns back into his usual form and stabs Thor, considering it a practical joke.

975 A.D.

 * 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.

995 A.D.

 * The Kree and Skrulls engage in a war which lasts for over a thousand years.

1014

 * The Kree and Nova Empires engage in a war which lasts for over a thousand years.

1162

 * is approximately born.

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.

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.

26th

 * The Berserker Warrior hides the second piece of his staff inside a tree in the future location of Trillemarka National Park, Norway.

11th

 * The Berserker Warrior hides the final piece of his staff in the catacombs under a church in Seville, Spain.

18th

 * dies.

1316

 * The Ancient One is born.

7th

 * Odin hides the Tesseract in Tønsberg, Norway.

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.

1438

 * The begins.

15th

 * is born.

13th

 * A painting portraying the is finished in Spain.

2nd

 * dies.

1521

 * In Asgard, Haldier, the Blacksmith finds the legendary Cup of Glory. He returns to his shop leaving the treasure behind in the Old Mine.
 * Days later, 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.
 * The following day, Loki is chased by Brunok, the son of Haldier, because Loki insulted his father. 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.
 * 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.

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".

1550

 * The of Benin use an item which, by the 21st century, would eventually end up in the Museum of Great Britain.

1591

 * The is completed.

1606

 *  is thought to have been first performed.

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.

4th

 * is born.

1650

 * Madame Gao is interrogated several times throughout the 17th century.

1700

 * Wakanda thrives as the world around them continues to war, implementing wooden ships in naval battle.

17th

 * is born.

1723

 * is born.

31st

 * dies.

22nd

 * is born.

5th

 * Crispus Attucks dies in the.

16th

 * is born.

1776

 * The United States of America is founded.

1780

 * are invented.

1789

 * Stanislav, the first ruler of Sokovia, is born.

27th

 * The is formed.

1800s

 * The great-grandfather of Ulysses Klaue is killed by the Black Panther of Wakanda.

6th

 * is born.

24th

 * is born.

1st

 * is born.

1820

 * is introduced.

10th

 * A record is made of a shipment made in New York by the Hand in one of their many company names. "Abigail King" signs the form.

27th

 * Hiram Ulysses Grant, later known as, is born.

8th

 * is born.

1830

 * The  begins.

7th

 * is born.

30th

 * Samuel Langhorne Clemens is born, later known as.

16th

 *  is first published.

8th

 * A group of English noblemen, members of HYDRA Society, meet to choose one of them to enter a portal inside a stone monolith.

14th

 * Oscar-Claude Monet, later known simply as, is born.

1844

 * Stanislav, the first ruler of Sokovia, dies.

2nd

 * "Audrey Thompson" signs a business form for the Hand.

1850

 * The people in what would become known as Ghana use an item which, by the 21st century, would eventually end up in the Museum of Great Britain.

14th

 *  by Herman Melville is published.

1853

 * "Elliot Randolph" visits a castle in England while following rumors of a group of lords who traveled across the stars.

9th

 *  by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is published.

1st

 * , later known as The Atlantic, publishes its first issue.

31st

 * The London, later known as Elizabeth Tower, housing the Big Ben bell, is completed.

10th

 * The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is founded.

1863

 * is founded.

22nd

 * is born.

25th

 *  by Jules Verne is published.

29th

 * Sand Creek Massacre: Around seven hundred men of one of the militias of the United States Military slaughter a peaceful village of in Sand Creek, Colorado, killing and mutilating around one hundred Native Americans, 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.

2nd

 * is founded.

23rd

 * Sarah Breedlove, later known as, is born.

23rd

 * The University of California, Berkeley is founded.

14th

 * Abraham Erskine is born in Augsburg, Germany.

2nd

 * is born.

1872

 * is founded.

May

 * , later known as Popular Science, publishes its first issue.

Fall

 * by Brahms is published.

24th

 * Erik Weisz, later known as, is born.

30th

 * Winston Churchill is born.

3rd

 * Chester Phillips is born.

1876

 *  by is published, including the character of.

18th

 * Joseph Stalin is born.

14th

 * is born.

30th

 * Franklin D. Roosevelt is born.

22nd

 * Wilhelm Keitel is born.

29th

 *  premieres on Prague.

1883

 *  is founded.

3rd

 * is born.

29th

 * is born.

8th

 * Harry S. Truman is born.

8th

 * is born.

11th

 * is born.

8th

 * is introduced.

28th

 * The is dedicated to the United States of America.

4th

 * is founded.

16th

 * is born.

1889

 *  by Joseph Conrad is published.

20th

 * Adolf Hitler is born.

14th

 * is born.

22nd

 * is born.

7th

 * is born.

16th

 * is born.

1892

 *  is founded.

1893

 * Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle, Sr. begins working as a salesman for the liquor wholesaler, W.L. Weller & Sons, which would eventually lead to his acquisition of the firm and the eventual creation of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve.

15th

 * is born.

26th

 * is born.

24th

 * is born.

24th

 * is born.

24th

 * Charles Luciano, later known as, is born.

1898

 * is founded.

31st

 * is born.

29th

 * is born.

1899

 *  publishes its first issue.

29th

 * is born.