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"We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously, outgunned."
Inside Arête Laboratories, High Evolutionary makes a breakthrough on Batch 92 using Rocket's suggestion to solve their micro seminole protein problem in the middle of the night. Amazed by the breakthrough, he runs to Rocket's cage despite Vim and Theel advising him not to.[7][15]
High Evolutionary takes Rocket to show him the breakthrough. He yells at Rocket, demanding to know how Rocket was able to solve the problem. High Evolutionary demonstrates that Rocket's solution worked, forcing various animals to go through his programmed evolution, but this time, not violent. Amazed by their accomplishment, Rocket asks if this means he is going to the new world. High Evolutionary reveals that Batch 89 were never meant to go, and were simply stepping stones, horrifying Rocket. High Evolutionary instructs Vim and Theel to prep Rocket for the removal of Rocket's brain in the morning and to incinerate the rest of Batch 89.[7][15]
Theel returns Rocket to his cage with the rest of Batch 89. Wordlessly, Rocket uses various parts he had previously taken to build a makeshift key card in order to free himself and his friends. Rocket explains to them that they are not going to the new world and that they need to escape. Floor celebrates her freedom as Rocket tells them his plan to steal a ship and fly away with his friends, just like they had always said.[7][15]
Rocket unlocks the doors to both cages and is finally united with Lylla, who he embraces. Suddenly, Lylla is shot in the back and killed by High Evolutionary, who anticipated Rocket's escape plan. Utterly devastated, Rocket sobs. Horrified, Floor continuously yells that Rocket, Teefs, and her need to leave as High Evolutionary asks for assistance. Annoyed by their crying, High Evolutionary mocks Rocket, who, overwhelmed with grief and hatred toward his creator, jumps onto his face and mauls him, disfiguring him. High Evolutionary's men open fire on Rocket, killing both Floor and Teefs, but Rocket fires back and kills them.[7][15]
Completely devastated, Rocket flees the scene, avoiding bullets. He steals a ship and takes off into the sky, forever changed.[7][15]
The first promotional video is released for the upcoming "Stark Expo 2010" in Flushing Meadows, New York City, due to start on May 7, 2010. A website is launched to accompany the announcement to promote the exposition - the first Stark Expo since 1974.[21][31][32]
Along with the site and first video, Stark Expo 2010 releases an old promotional video for Stark Expo 74, the last Expo until now, advertising it as a "dream of tomorrow, realized today," and featuring Howard Stark. The old video invites viewers to join them for the opening in April 1974.[21][33][32]
AccuTech release their video for Stark Expo 2010, in which CEO Charles Healey introduces the HazTech Exoskeleton, which is further discussed by Klaus Haas, head of Research and Development, explaining its uses for rehabilitative purposes.[21][37][32]
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Bradford gets fired from the New Orleans Police Department due to drug charges, and asks for James Connors' help, but Connors is nowhere to be found.[38][39]
158 days since his last "incident", having now settled in Rocinha, Brazil, Bruce Banner has an accident that causes a drop of his blood to fall into a soda bottle. He sends a sample of his blood to Samuel Sterns, who conducts further experiments with it outside of the analysis that Banner needs.[21][40][41]
Samuel Sterns writes a report about the possibilities that arise from his testing of Mr. Green's blood.[42]
17th[]
Cordco release the video of their Melbourne presentation 12 days prior, the fourth video released for Stark Expo 2010.[21][36][32]
The test subjects for Project T.A.H.I.T.I. begin to go insane. The decision is made to alter their memories so they do not have to live with their trauma, but in the process they have to be given false memories and new identities. Agent Rebecca Stevens is declared deceased from cancer, and given a new life as "Janice Robbins".[26]
23rd[]
Stark-Fujikawa releases the final video in the leadup to the opening of Stark Expo 2010 in a fortnight, demonstrating the virtual reality Heads Up Display glasses "Stark HUD 2020" on the streets of Tokyo, and filming the reactions of impressed users.[43][32][21]
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7th[]
2010 Stark Expo
The 2010 Stark Expo has its opening ceremony, and is due to then run for a year, followed by a closing ceremony. [21][32][44][45]
Stark is summoned to a senate hearing the next day.[21][32][44][45]
8th[]
Tony Stark appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Weaponized Suit Defense Program Hearings. These are chaired by Pennsylvania Senator Stern, who urges him to give the Iron Man suit, built six months ago, to the military, and calls Lt. Col. James Rhodes and Hammer Industries CEO Justin Hammer to testify against him. Stark refuses to surrender the suit, pointing out that although North Korea and Iran are working to replicate the technology, they are years away from being able to do so. He also reveals Hammer Industries has had its share of failures, leading to the cancellation of Hammer Industries' contacts with the Department of Defense.[21][44][45][23]
Human Resources at Hammer Industries informs Justin Hammer that they are having trouble finding volunteers after news of recent injuries in testing have surfaced.[42]
Thaddeus Ross writes a letter to Joe Greller stating how impressed he is with Emil Blonsky. He also points out that Greller owes him more than just cheap cigars.[42]
James Rhodes tries to negotiate a compromise between Tony Stark and the Pentagon. While Rhodes and Stark are arguing, Stark challenges Rhodes to try one of his Iron Man suits. Rhodes accepts and takes the Mark II, arguing with Iron Man during the flight. When they arrive back at Stark's Mansion and Rhodes gets his armor off, he makes it clear that he does not let Stark put him in the position to choose between their friendship and his duty. Saying at his departure, that they both know where that would end up.[21][44][50]
Tony Stark updates his design log again, on "Day 189", recounting the opening of the Expo and saying that he believes he has sorted the delivery problem.[21][22][44][23] Stark then finishes the assembling of his Mark V armor, and leaves to board a plane to Monaco for the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique.[21][44][23]
Duel of Monaco: At the Circuit de Monaco, Stark replaces Team Stark's regular driver DiFilipo in Race G. Ivan Vanko attacks him between turns 16 and 17 by the harbor. Stark dons the Mark V, a portable and lightweight Iron Man armor, which he uses to defeat Vanko.[21][44][45]
Bruce Banner passes through U.S. customs, and there are reports of "atmospheric disturbances" in the Southwest region of the United States. Fury leaves S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters to meet Stark, carrying lithium to slow the palladium's effects, and orders Agent Jasper Sitwell to track Banner.[21][48][51]
Stark visits Potts at Stark Industries, where she mentions Hammer is hosting a presentation at the Stark Expo the next day. Returning home, Stark makes an intuitive breakthrough on how to fix his palladium problem through the creation of a new element theorized by his father and hidden in the layout of the Stark Expo.[21][47][45]
Vanko is killed in an explosion that destroys the Oracle Pavilion, while Hammer is arrested for breaking Vanko out of prison. Stark flies Pepper Potts to safety, they kiss and start a romantic relationship. Rhodey decides to keep the War Machine armor for himself.[21][47][23]
Black Widow successfully infiltrates Hammer Industries Complex
In Puente Antiguo, a local man discovers Thor's hammer, Mjølnir, in a crater about 50 miles west of the town. Unable to lift it, he calls several other people to give it a try. Jane Foster helps Thor escape from the hospital where he is being held and takes him back to her workplace.[21][47][53][52]
Coulson arrives in New Mexico and discovers the site of Mjølnir.[45]S.H.I.E.L.D. quickly quarantines the area and erects a portable laboratory over the site to study the hammer. Clint Barton arrives later that day.[21][47][53][51][52]
Bruce Banner poses as a pizza delivery man to get access to Culver University's computer labs and research database, giving pizza to Roger Harrington in the process. On the way, he is accidentally seen by Betty Ross, and she has him stay the night at her home. Ross' boyfriend Leonard Samson secretly informs the military of Banner's whereabouts.[21][47][41][48]
Battle at Culver University: At Culver University, Betty Ross walks Bruce Banner to the bus station in the early morning. As they are crossing the campus, they are attacked by the Military and Emil Blonsky, who seems to adapt well to the Bio Tech Enhancement upgrade, but is still beaten by the Hulk, getting nearly every bone in his body pulverized. Natasha Romanoff witnesses Banner's transformation and Blonsky's enhanced performance from afar.[21][47][41][48]
The Hulk escapes the Military with an unconscious Betty, hiding in a cave deep in the Smoky Mountain National Forest. News of the battle quickly spreads across cable news channels and the internet. Jack McGee, a student who witnessed and captured the fight on cell phone video, names the creature "an Incredible Hulk” in an interview with WHiH World News. His remarks are played repeatedly over the next several days.[21][47][41][48]
Tony Stark has a debrief with S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury. He is offered an advisory position as a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers Initiative, which he accepts on condition that Stern honors him with a medal for his services. Three hours later, Stern begrudgingly gives Stark his medal.[21][47][45]
Hawkeye informs Coulson about the finding of the Destroyer's armor
Duel at the Rainbow Bridge: Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three return to Asgard, where Thor reveals Loki's plan to seize the throne. Unfortunately, in the ensuing battle between them, Thor is forced to destroy the Rainbow Bridge to prevent Loki from destroying Jotunheim using the Bifrost and committing genocide against the Frost Giants. This action strands him in Asgard, unable to return to Earth. Loki falls into space and ends up appearing in the Sanctuary.[21][47][53][52]
Bruce Banner and Betty Ross hide out in a small town motel, as news of the previous day's battle continues to spread. Within 36 to 40 hours of sustaining his injuries, Emil Blonsky has fully recovered.[21][41][48]
4th[]
Bruce Banner and Betty Ross arrive in New York City, bypassing roadblocks at the Holland Tunnel by bribing a boat owner to take them across the Hudson River to lower Manhattan. They head uptown to meet with Mr. Blue, whose real name is Samuel Sterns. Sterns tries an experimental process to cure Banner, though it only succeeds in reversing the transformation, not ridding him of it completely.[21][47][41][48]
Duel of Harlem: The military captures Banner, but Emil Blonsky forces Sterns to inject him with the blood products he developed from Banner's blood sample. The process mutates Blonsky into the Abomination, while Sterns is infected with Banner's blood through an open wound on his head, gaining his own mutation. Banner convinces Thaddeus Ross to let him try and stop the Abomination. The two creatures fight in Harlem, with Hulk defeating the Abomination and fleeing the scene immediately afterwards.[21][47][41][48]
With the Bifrost Bridge destroyed, Thor talks to his mother about his longing for Jane Foster. In addition, he makes amends with Odin. He proceeds to meet with Heimdall at the edge of the Rainbow Bridge and asks how Foster is doing. Heimdall tells Thor that she is searching for him.[58][59][53]
Stark is apparently on a mission to recruit Blonsky, but his behavior enrages Ross so much that he refuses to release Blonsky into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.[21][65]
Coulson and Sitwell reunite and discuss the success in having Stark dissuade Ross from including Blonsky in the Avengers Initiative.[21][65]
A news broadcast talks about Iron Man, using footage from the Battle of Gulmira. In 2015, Ultron would access a news archive with the broadcast when scrolling through information to learn about the Avengers.[16]
A Hydra team rescues Akela Amador from her cell at the bottom of a copper mine. They perform surgery in her blind eye and implant her with a Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant, used to control her and make her carry out missions as their operative.[69][70]
Andre Deschaine welcomes the first assistant of his therapy group
Andre Deschaine and Lia Dewan start a therapy group for abuse victims. As people walk in, Deschaine shakes their hands, causing their despair records to be added to his Dark Dimension collection. Deschaine starts the meeting.[82][83]
Mary Walker, with her Walker personality at the fore, sits in her cell in a Sokovian prison, miserable and dispirited after months of questioning, rape, torture, and being made to watch her squad teammates killed.[12][88]
27th[]
Bethany takes drugs for the last time, resolving to go sober.[89]
31st[]
Die Stundenwachen im Osiriskult: Eine Studie zur Tradition und späten Rezeption von Ritualen im Alten Ägypten is published.[1][90]
↑In So This Is Christmas?, Wilson Fisk says that Derek Bishop owed him a small fortune. Fisk's criminal activities started at least by September 2007, when he is shown working with William Lopez (see 2000s references). Fisk loaning the money can be approximated to the midpoint of this and Bishop's death on May 4, 2012 (see 2012 references), January 3, 2010.
↑In Ant-Man and the Wasp, several moments are shown from Ava Starr's past at S.H.I.E.L.D. Hannah John-Kamen was 28.05 at the middle of filming and should not be playing Starr at an age any younger than ⅔ of her actual age, so 18.70, meaning, based on Starr's approximated date of birth (see 1980s references), that the scenes should be after April 26, 2007. One moment appears to say "01-8 Thu", suggesting it is Thursday, January 8, 2009. Evenly distributing between these two dates, the first set of scenes should be approximately September 29, 2007, March 4, 2008, and August 7, 2008, before then January 8, 2009. Then after that, the remaining scenes are between then and the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. on March 5, 2014 (see 2014 references). Evenly distributing again, the remaining scenes should be January 19, 2010, January 31, 2011, February 12, 2012, and February 22, 2013.
↑ 12.012.1In A Duel of Iron, Walker says she was freed after "22 months". On Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #886: Mary Walker's Classified Papers, it says Walker "served 8 years in various locals" before being "captured and held in isolation". Taking Alice Eve's age at the time of filming and working back from the setting, Mary Walker would have been born around September 1981. Given that she then could have joined the army no earlier than September 1998, the earliest she could have been kidnapped then would be January 1, 2006 (and calling it "8 years" in the general sense of "2006 - 1998 = 8") making the middle of her imprisonment roughly early December 2006 at the earliest. In Citadel on the Edge of Vengeance, it is said that Walker's escape was "years ago", making it roughly late 2015 at the latest, so the middle of her imprisonment roughly January 2015 at the latest. Using the mid-point of this window to approximate, the middle of her imprisonment can therefore be calculated to be roughly December 21, 2010, making her imprisonment roughly January 21, 2010-November 21, 2011. The specifics of the calculation can be found here.
↑ 14.014.1In Black Widow, an opening montage shows several scenes of the Red Room training girls, including Natasha Romanoff, and operating through history, which is implied to be occurring after Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova were separated on September 6, 1995 (see other references) and before the beginning of the 2016 events of the movie on June 25, 2016 (see 2016 references).
The first collection of scenes is of a braid receiving a bow, a group of girls being brainwashed by cartoons, and a group of girls ice skating. In the ice skating scene, the girls appear to be roughly middle school age, and can be taken to be approximately 12.5 years old. This scene can therefore be approximated to when Romanoff was 12.5 years old, so approximately June 3, 1997. The scenes with the braid and the cartoons can therefore be distributed between Romanoff and Belova being separated and the ice skating scene, so on April 7, 1996 and November 8, 1996, respectively.
The montage also features two shots of girls marching, one of which is when they are roughly middle school age and can be taken to be approximately 13 years old, so on December 3, 1997.
The second shot of girls marching, two shots of girls preparing weapons, a group of soldiers in a drum line, and Dreykov watching a group of girls fire at targets occur in the movie when the girls are roughly high school age. Similarly, Black Widow Prelude features a scene of a group of high school age girls doing ballet and one of Romanoff firing at a target. These can be distributed throughout the years in which Romanoff was 14 through 18 years old, placing the comic firing scene on September 19, 1998, the second marching shot on April 1, 1999, the first shot of girls preparing weapons on November 16, 1999, the ballet scene on February 13, 2001, the drum line on September 30, 2001, and the second shot of girls preparing weapons on May 16, 2002.
Two scenes, one from Black Widow Prelude, and several flashback scenes from Avengers: Age of Ultron, both featuring Romanoff being nervous for her graduation ceremony, can be placed near the ceremony. The ceremony itself can be taken to be when Romanoff was 21, analogous to a college graduation, so May 27, 2005. Similarly, Black Widow has two scenes in which the girls are in their early twenties: one of a group of girls doing ballet, and one of a girl doing gymnastics. These scenes can be distributed between January 1, 2003, the year Romanoff turned 20, and May 27, 2005, approximately when she would graduate. This would place the Black Widow ballet scene on May 6, 2003, the gymnastics scene on September 8, 2003, the Avengers: Age of Ultron ballet flashback on May 15, 2004, the scene of Romanoff pretending to lose on September 17, 2004, Romanoff shooting on January 20, 2005.
The montage in Black Widow then features several members of the Black Widows being spotted throughout the world, starting with Romanoff, as well as shots of a Widow putting on a Widow's Bite and a belt, and a group of Widows lining up. These scenes can be placed between the graduation and the 2016 events in Morocco on June 18, 2016 (see 2016 references), while ensuring that Romanoff's scene is before January 1, 2008, when she defected from the Red Room and joined S.H.I.E.L.D. (see 2000s references). This would place Romanoff's scene on December 25, 2006, and the rest on July 24, 2008, February 21, 2010, September 21, 2011, and April 20, 2013. A scene in this montage which is attached to this last scene can then be placed to the last day, April 20, 2013. The scene with the Widow putting on her belt and accessory, as well as the Widows marching, can then be placed on November 18, 2014.
Three scenes from the montage feature Dreykov influencing two political events, as well as a shot of him watching his monitors. The two scenes of him influencing political events must be before Dreykov is thought dead in January 2008, and can therefore be distributed between then and Romanoff and Belova being separated. This places the first scene on October 14, 1999 and the second on November 22, 2003.
Two events are mentioned to have happened during this period of time in The Avengers: Romanoff killing people in São Paulo and another instance of her setting a hospital on fire. These can be distributed between Romanoff's graduation and her defection, and can therefore be placed on April 8, 2006 and February 18, 2007, respectively. The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes describes an incident involving Romanoff which is described as having occurred "long before [Romanoff] defected to S.H.I.E.L.D.." This can therefore be taken to have happened within the first half of the time between graduation and defection, so on approximately January 19, 2006.
Black Widow Prelude features a scene of Romanoff looking over New York City after joining S.H.I.E.L.D.. This would likely occur within a month of Romanoff joining S.H.I.E.L.D., so in approximately February 2008.
The montage goes on to feature several clips of Melina Vostokoff's experiments being conducted, beginning with someone reading the information which Alexei Shostakov had stolen, a scene of pigs being studied, and a failed surgery. Later in the movie, Belova mentions that Romanoff was not subject to Vostokoff's chemical mind control, meaning that the experiment was completed after Romanoff defected and before the events in Morocco, so on approximately April 9, 2012. The person reading the stolen information can be approximated to the day after it was received, so September 6, 1995. The remaining scenes can be distributed between then and the completion of the experiment, placing the pigs on December 22, 2003 and the failed surgery on February 14, 2008.
Finally, a group of scenes of war and a scene of a person sewing a Black Widow logo onto a piece of cloth are shown. These can be distributed throughout Romanoff and Belova being separated and the first scene and the events in Morocco, resulting in each conflict happening on July 26, 1997, June 16, 1999, May 6, 2001, March 27, 2003, February 14, 2005, January 5, 2007, November 25, 2008, October 16, 2010, and September 5, 2012, and the sewing scene on July 27, 2014.
↑ 15.015.115.215.315.4Raccoons in general age at a rate of 10.92678 × [Age in actual years] ^ 0.7657818 relative to humans. However, following this would make Rocket Raccoon elderly by the time of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, suggesting that Rocket is aging more slowly due to High Evolutionary's experimentation. Following Bradley Cooper's age at the time of recording each project he appeared in as Rocket Raccoon, it can be taken that Rocket is aging 0.5933894 the speed of humans. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket says that he "ain't got that long of a lifespan anyway." Therefore Rocket's aging starting from when High Evolutionary experimented on him can be taken to be the average of these two equations. When Rocket is experimented on in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he appears to be roughly thirty days old. Working backwards from the setting of the movies in which Rocket appears, this flashback can be placed on July 3, 2007. He appears to be 22 days old when High Evolutionary grabs him, so that and his date of birth can be worked back from there on a normal raccoon aging curve, giving June 25, 2007 and June 3, 2007 respectively. It can be taken from then on that Rocket is working on the slower aging curve, placing him playing with his friends on September 7, 2007, the group naming themselves on November 7, 2007, and his breakout on February 10, 2010.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, when Ultron scrolls through images, a "FEB/12/2010" photo is shown of the Mark I armour. The photo could have been taken any time after the Mark I was made, but since the Mark I was only completed in May, this means it cannot be later than May 2009.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, when Ultron scrolls through images, an old "news archive" story about Iron Man is shown from "20.07.10", including footage of him in Gulmira. This means that the Battle of Gulmira, in November of its year, can be no later than November 2009, for a news report from July 2010 to feature footage from it.
The second half of Iron Man 2, the events of Thor, and the second half of The Incredible Hulk are all set in the same week, known as "Fury's Big Week", as detailed in the The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week comic, on Marvel's timeline, and shown in the films. Iron Man 2 also cannot span more than a few weeks, because:
The Expo is said to only be a year long, and there is "362 days left" on the day of Pepper's hiring and "343 days left" on the day of the Battle at Stark Expo.
Tony jokes that Pepper has only been CEO for "a week" after the Expo fight. Although the "days left" just mentioned shows it has been 19 days, still, it cannot be any longer.
The Monaco incident, which is after Pepper's hiring, is shown on Marvel's timeline to still be 6 months after "I am Iron Man", when the senate meeting before her hiring is also said by Hammer to be "6 months" after the end of Iron Man and the Expo opening before that is shown to be "6 months later" (confirmed by Jon Favreau in DVD commentary to refer to the time since "I am Iron Man"). So, the Monaco incident is definitely within a month of the Expo opening.
The inspired canon The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic shows that the ice problem test flight in Iron Man is on or after "Day 1", that the fight in Monaco is between "Day 189" and "Day 199", and that the Battle at Stark Expo in Fury's Big Week is before "Day 199", meaning that the end of Iron Man 2 is still just over 6 months maximum after.
The rate at which Tony's palladium poisoning is increasing means that the film cannot realistically span more than a few weeks anyway.
A 2010 setting is implied for Fury's Big Week by:
The Stark Expo 2010 website saying that the Expo - the first Expo since 1974, the same one shown in the film - begins on "May 7th 2010".
A letter on the Stark Expo 2010 website also saying that the Expo begins on "May 7th . 2010".
The Grand Prix de Monaco Historique appearing in Iron Man 2, which is a biannual event which was held in May 2010.
Fury saying Steve slept for "almost 70 years" in Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve saying he slept for "70 years" in The Avengers, and then more specific with "65 years" in Spider-Man: Homecoming - overall implying he slept for about 66½-66¾ years. And, having gone into the ice in February 1945, this therefore implying he woke around late 2011, and The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week shows that this is "one year later" after the end of Fury's Big Week.
Natasha saying to Bruce on May 2, 2012, "You've been more than a year without an incident. I don't think you wanna break that streak," when we know he had incidents in Harlem, then a month later in British Columbia (both in The Incredible Hulk), and those incidents were in June and July respectively, meaning they cannot be 2011.
The Iron Man 3 Prelude showing that 10 months before The Avengers, in July 2011, enough time had passed since Iron Man 2 that all of the damage at the Expo had been cleaned up, Stark Tower had been fully planned, the foundations had been laid, and the first few levels had already been constructed.
However, a 2011 setting for Fury's Big Week is implied by:
Fury saying on May 4, 2012 in The Avengers, "Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that levelled a small town," implying the Battle of Puente Antiguo was last year.
The Thor: The Dark World Prelude comic showing Darcy, on May 4, 2012, saying to Jane that "it's been a year", implying it has been a year since Thor left.
Darcy saying in Thor: The Dark World, "He's gonna come back. Except, you know, last time he was gone for like, 2 years," seemingly referring to it being 2 years from him leaving Jane before he returned on November 11, 2013 (but potentially just meaning, "Last time he left you, it was 2 years before he returned to Earth," referring to The Avengers).
The 2011 song "Walk" by Foo Fighters playing in a bar which Thor and Selvig visit during Thor.
Fury's Big Week is 6 months after "I am Iron Man". This is shown from:
Justin Hammer saying in Iron Man 2, "We all know why we're here. In the last 6 months, Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities."
Marvel's timeline showing that both the Ambush in Porto Verde (which is shown in The Incredible Hulk to be "17 days" before Banner arrived at Culver University on Day 3 of Fury's Big Week) and the Duel of Monaco (which is days before Fury's Big Week) were 6 months after "I am Iron Man".
Iron Man 2 beginning with "I am Iron Man" and showing a montage of Vanko working, then showing "6 months later", the Stark Expo opening. Jon Favreau confirmed on the DVD commentary that the Vanko montage covers the 6 months, with "6 months later" referring to the time since "I am Iron Man".
Pepper joking in Monaco that Christine Everhart slept with Tony "last year" (which was 9 months before "I am Iron Man").
The inspired canon The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic showing about 197 days between the test flight with the icing problem and the Battle at Stark Expo.
So, Iron Man is set in February-November of 2008 or 2009, Fury's Big Week is set in May-June of 2010 or 2011, and Fury's Big Week is 6 months after "I am Iron Man". The best solution possible, to satisfy the most evidence with the most importance, is reasoned out as Iron Man being set from February-November 2009 and Fury's Big Week being set in May-June 2010. To see a full, detailed description, calculation, and explanation of the reasoning, see here.
↑ 22.022.122.2The The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic shows that its "Day 189" is just before Tony leaves for the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, and "Day 199" is a little while after the Battle at Stark Expo. With the Grand Prix dated to May 23, 2010 (see other references), this would imply that "Day 189" is May 22, 2010, fitting with "Day 199" being June 1, 2010, the day after the battle. This would then put "Day 1", shown to be the day of the test flight with the icing problem, on November 15, 2009, which lines up perfectly with the fact that Iron Man presents the party the following day as being November 16, 2009, and then "I am Iron Man" being November 25, 2009 (see other references). The comic does contain recounts of the Battle of Gulmira and the Duel of Los Angeles on "Day 23" and "Day 30" respectively, but unlike with the test flight and the Duel of Monaco, shown actually playing out, they only appear as recounts. Because of the strong evidence putting the films in their November and May placements, this should not affect the timeline, but instead just be considered as Tony recounting those events during December, allowing the timeline to work out perfectly.
↑In Iron Man 2, Anton Vanko is shown finishing his work, then the film cuts to "six months later". While dialogue and director commentary confirm this is meant to mean 6 months since "I am Iron Man" at the start of the montage and the not that it has covered months with the montage then jumped 6 further months, Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline later established otherwise, with 2 years between "I am Iron Man" and Iron Man 2. For the "six months later" to have any relevance, therefore, it must be now taken to be in reference to the time since the end of the montage. So, Vanko finishes in November 2009 (6 months before May 7, 2010, approximated to November 10, 2009). However, the book also refers to Vanko's work and planning as "2008-2010", meaning some work in his planning must have happened in 2010. This is dated to March 7, 2010 as the halfway point between the start of 2010 and his first 2010 action shown in Iron Man 2, meeting with a Ten Rings agent on May 12, 2010.
↑ 26.026.1In The Writing on the Wall, it is said on the reasoned date of March 16, 2015 that Rebecca Stevens was said to have died "5 years ago." This would place her supposed death around April 21, 2010. It can be assumed that the trials began around a month before this, approximately March 19, 2010, and that the preparations on Project T.A.H.I.T.I. would have begun around 3 months prior to that, approximately December 18, 2009.
↑In Art for Art's Sake, Wilson Fisk reads Bastian Cooper's file and says, "Involuntary commitment when he was 15." With Cooper's date of birth approximated to September 1994 (see 1990s references), the midpoint of when Cooper was fifteen can be approximated as the date of this first commitment, placing it on March 25, 2010.
↑ 34.034.1Through Runaways it is said that PRIDE sacrificed someone to Jonah once a year for 15 years (Fifteen: "One a year for 15 years", Hostile: "You ever notice that every year one of your young parishioners goes missing?", "Same time of year, every year", Last Rites: "One a year"), resulting in fifteen sacrifices (Fifteen: fifteen names are listed, Kingdom: "Fifteen kids have died in this room", Doomsday: "How could you murder fifteen kids?", Last Rites: "Like you killed fifteen runaways"). Fifteen annual sacrifices would amount in fact to 14 years start to finish if counting inclusively, and with the last one in October 2017 (see 2017 references), that would make the first sacrifice around 2003. However, other evidence suggests 15 years of sacrifices, so starting in 2002, rather than 14 years of sacrifices. In Fifteen, it is said they have taken runaways for "over 15 years". In Doomsday it is said that PRIDE has had a grip on the parents' "lives for the last 15 years". As well as this, Season 3 suggests there was in fact a further sacrifice (Smoke and Mirrors: "I only sacrificed seventeen innocent kids" (including Andre Compton, which the previous counts did not), Rite of Thunder: "She helped murder seventeen teenagers", Enter The Dreamland: "We are the seventeen"). Plus "one a year for 15 years" could be taken as "one a year, and we've been doing that for 15 years" rather than "one a year fifteen times, amounting to 15 years". So, it would seem overall that yes, the sacrifices started around 15 years before 2017, not 14. This, then, would make the first sacrifice 2002. This is supported by flashbacks in Metamorphosis and Doomsday, both shortly before and shortly after the first sacrifice, respectively, to "fifteen years ago" before October 2017, so sometime in 2002.
Based on the "Same time of year, every year" line in Hostile, the first sacrifice would ideally be in October 2002. However, there is evidence suggesting earlier in 2002. Molly Hernandez was born on the firm date of November 12, 2002 (see other references), meaning she was conceived around February 2002. During the first sacrifice, Alice Hernandez does not appear visibly pregnant whatsoever, meaning this should be no later than around May 2002. Additionally, during the Doomsday flashback, set shortly after the first sacrifice, Nico Minoru appears no more than roughly a year old. With it being generally implied throughout the show that she is roughly the same age as the rest of the older Runaways, this means she should ideally be born no later than around early 2001, which would make this flashback around early 2002 at the latest. For every subsequent sacrifice, the Runaways taken in by PRIDE stayed for six months, with their six months beginning in April and the sacrifices being held annually in October. However, it's implied in Metamorphosis that Jonah gave the mansion to the Wilders not long before the first sacrifice, which would mean that either the month in which the Runaways were taken in or the month of the sacrifice was different for the first year. Considering the evidence favoring the sacrifice occurring earlier in 2002, it can be taken to be the latter, with the Runaways being taken in by PRIDE in April 2002 and Brooks Watten's sacrifice happening later that month.
Fifteen names, up to and including Gonzalez, are shown in Fifteen, meaning there is a bonus sacrifice not listed on the computer somewhere between Brooks Watten and Destiny Gonzalez, making them between the second and fifteenth sacrifice, so it may be guessed that they were the eighth/ninth. To decide which, taking halfway between April 2002 and October 2017, it would have been roughly early 2010, making it closer to the eighth sacrifice than the ninth. So, it may have been taken to have been the eighth.
Therefore, overall, the sacrifices were: Brooks Watten April 2002, Adam Cooper October 2003, Jamie Baxter October 2004, Tim Bennett October 2005, Xavier Marquez October 2006, Karly Scolari October 2007, James Braswyck October 2008, unknown runaway October 2009, Anthony Rocha October 2010, Kim Hwang October 2011, Bridget Bynum October 2012, John Donahue October 2013, Emily Wong October 2014, Yvonne Taylor October 13, 2015, Brian Geparhart October 2016, and finally Destiny Gonzalez (failed sacrifice) October 13, 2017 and Andre Compton October 16, 2017 (see 2017 references). Adam Cooper to Destiny Gonzalez would have been taken 6 months in advance.
↑In Shadow Selves, Bradford says he was fired a year after helping Connors cover up Billy Johnson's murder. With that dated to February 26, 2009 (see 2000s references), this could refer to a near exact year later, around February 26, 2010, or more generally "2009 + 1 = 2010" (approximated by mid-2010). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would place his firing around April 9, 2010.
↑ 40.040.140.240.3In The Incredible Hulk, the scenes before Banner arriving at Culver University are set before Fury's Big Week begins. This scene is shown to be "17 days without incident" (since the Ambush in Porto Verde). With Marvel's timeline showing that the day he arrives is Day 3, so May 31, 2010, 17 days prior would mean the Ambush in Porto Verde is May 14, 2010, and him waking on "1 day without incident" on May 15th, with the other scenes between that and arriving at Culver University distributed between those dates. When Banner wakes after the ambush, before his counter resets to "1 day without incident", it is shown that he had gone "190 days without incident". This would mean his last incident before the Ambush in Porto Verde on May 14, 2010 would have been on November 5, 2009, and so the date on which the film begins with Banner's metronome, shown to be "158 days without incident", is April 12, 2010.
↑ 44.0044.0144.0244.0344.0444.0544.0644.0744.0844.0944.1044.1144.1244.1344.1444.1544.16In Iron Man 2, the scenes before Tony's birthday are set before Fury's Big Week begins. This scene is Day 1, May 29, 2010, with May 29th being Tony's birthday, as given on a file in a deleted scene from The Avengers, and the same file displayed at an event, and lining up with the other evidence.
The Stark Expo 2010 website had Stark Expo supposedly starting on May 7, 2010. This just about lines up with the May 29th date. On the day Stark promotes Pepper, it is shown clearly in the background that there is "362 days remaining" of the Expo. On the date of the Expo battle, there is clearly "343 days remaining", so there is 19 days between these dates. It can then be seen that it takes Tony 4 days to return home after the senate, 5 days after the Expo opens. This would mean there is an opening day, 365 days of normal Expo, then the closing day, plus counting inclusively (ie. on closing day it says "1 day remaining"), meaning there is "367 days remaining" on May 7th, and thus 5 days later on the 12th, "362 days remaining". This way, these two dates gel very nicely.
So, with the opening on May 7, 2010, Pepper's hiring on May 12, 2010, and Tony's birthday on May 29, 2010, somewhere between the May 12th and May 29th dates is Monaco. Monaco cannot be on May 1st/2nd like in real life, as it does not fit within these limits. But that is fine, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a different universe, so it can be different. It is still in the same ballpark as the real world. In an adaptation comic of Iron Man 2, in the same scene where Rhodey confronts Tony about Vanko having attacked him "yesterday", "Natalie" then comes downstairs to say Tony's guests are arriving, and they have the discussion about Tony asking what she would do if she knew it were her last birthday. This would put Monaco the day before his birthday. However, this scene actually contradicts the film, which depicts the Rhodey conversation and the "Natalie" conversation as separate scenes in separate rooms. It can be put down to the adaptation condensing the film (like the Iron Man one putting Coulson asking for a meeting on "the 24th" at Tony's returning press conference rather than the party weeks later), and ignore this. The The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic implies that "Day 189" is the day before Monaco, putting Monaco on Day 190. It implies as well that "Day 199" is around 2 days after Day 3 of Fury's Big Week, putting that on Day 5. This would put Day 1 around the Mark VII Day 195, 5 days after Monaco, therefore putting Monaco around May 24, 2010. However, it would work better on the 23rd, because the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique was held on a Saturday-Sunday in the real world, so it would make sense for it to be a Saturday-Sunday in the MCU as well. May 23, 2010 was a Sunday. The second day of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, in the real world, is supposed to be 2 weeks before the main Monaco Grand Prix (in this case, 2 weeks before May 16, 2010 - May 2, 2010). There is still some logic if the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique second day were 1 week after the main Grand Prix as a sort of after-party, rather than a build-up, which works as May 23rd. Plus, if Monaco is the 23rd, this puts "Day 189" on May 22, 2010, which then puts "Day 199" on June 1, 2010, the day after the Battle at Stark Expo.
↑In Thor: The Dark World, Darcy Lewis says to Jane, "Last time [Thor] was gone for, like, 2 years." The reasoned date for him going away is June 2, 2010, so the interpretation has to be taken as, "Last time Thor left you, Jane, he was gone for, like, 2 years until he came back to Earth," referring to The Avengers rather than Thor: The Dark World, being gone until May 3, 2012.
↑In Captain America: Brave New World, Samuel Sterns appears to be close to the age he was in The Incredible Hulk during the filmed lecture. It can therefore be taken that this happened as close as possible to his appearances in The Incredible Hulk, placing it on June 3, 2010.
↑In Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, the closing scene of Thor is placed after the Duel of Harlem on June 4, 2010 (see other references). Given the revelry on Asgard following, it should not be too long after their victory against the Frost Giants on June 2, 2010 (see other references), so June 4, 2010 makes the most sense for the scene.
↑In Window of Opportunity, on June 26, 2019 (see 2019 references), Sarge says Jaco "hasn't had his home atmosphere in 9 years". This could be taken to refer to a near exact 9 years, around June 26, 2010, or a more general "2019 - 2010 = 9", so just 2010 (approximating with mid-2010). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation suggests Jaco last had his home atmosphere around June 28, 2010.
↑In The Incredible Hulk, when Banner is shown in British Columbia, it is shown that he has gone "31 days without incident" since the Duel of Harlem, which is dated to June 4, 2010, placing this scene on July 5, 2010.
↑In Eye-Spy, it is stated that Amador "spent the next 4 years alone in a cage," following her imprisonment on the reasoned date of September 1, 2006 (see 2000s references).
↑In 0-8-4, it is stated on the reasoned date of September 13, 2013 that Reyes was promoted "3 years ago."
↑In The City's Not for Burning, on October 4, 2017 (see 2017 references), Ward Meachum says acquisitions have "done Joy's taxes the last 7 years". 7 years prior can be seen as exactly 7 years prior, approximately October 4, 2010, or more generally "2017 - 7 = 2010", so using mid-2010, July 2, 2010, as an approximation. Putting more weight in the specific than general, a weighted calculation gives the beginning of acquisitions doing Joy's taxes as approximately September 3, 2010.
↑In Kandahar, Micro says on October 30, 2015 that he has been unable to properly do his job for "5 years". This would specifically suggest October 2010 (5 years before October 2015), if not generally (so approximately mid) 2010 (5 years before 2015). Putting more weight in specifically October 2010 than mid-2010, it can be calculated that he became frustrated with his job around September 20, 2010.
↑In Two Player, Adina Johnson says on November 2, 2017 (see 2017 references) that it has been "7 years" since her last confession. This can be taken to mean a near exact 7 years, around November 2, 2010, or a more general "2017 - 2010 = 7" (approximating with mid-2010). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest around September 22, 2010.
↑In Blue Note, it is shown that Deschaine and Dewan set up their group "85 months ago" before November 3, 2017 (see 2017 references). This could refer to a near exact 85 months, around October 3, 2010, or a more general "November 2017 - 85 months = October 2010" (approximating with mid-October 2010). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest around October 7, 2010.
↑In the Iron Man 3 Prelude comic, it is shown as beginning a while after Iron Man 2, with the damage from the Expo having been cleared up and Stark Tower having been fully planned, laid its foundations, and several levels into its construction. It then jumps to 2 months later, Mumbai, then 3 months later, Afghanistan, then 2 months later, Sudan, then 3 months later, Hong Kong, and this is shown to be the date of the Battle of New York, which is on May 4, 2012 (see 2012 references). 3 months back from there would put Sudan around February 2012, 2 months further back would put Afghanistan around December 2011, 3 months further back puts Mumbai around September 2011, and a final 2 months back places the beginning in July 2011. This allows plenty of time, just over a year, for the Expo to be cleared completely and for the planning, foundations, and beginning of construction of Stark Tower. Several months prior to the beginning of the comic, work would have begun on the tower, around December 2011.
↑In Morning of the Mindstorm, on October 20, 2017 (see 2017 references), Bethany says she has been sober for "6 years, 9 months, and 23 days". The date from which she must be counting for it to now be 6 years, 9 months, and 23 days on is December 28, 2010.
