The Avengers Movie Timeline

The Avengers Movie Timeline chronicles the major events that led to each disparate Marvel Universe character to the Avengers film produced by Marvel Studios. Avenger team members include Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Black Widow.

Timeline

 * 965 AD
 * Frost Giants attack a Norwegian village holding the Casket of Ancient Winters. Odin, the King of Asgard, defends Earth, sending the Frost Giants back to Jotunheim.
 * After defeating Laufey, Odin takes his child Loki and raises him alongside Thor as his own son.
 * 1933
 * Johann Schmidt begins searching for the Tesseract/Cosmic Cube.
 * 1934
 * Johann Schmidt becomes the Red Skull.
 * 1942
 * Johann Schmidt recovers the Cosmic Cube.
 * 1943
 * Howard Stark hosts the first Stark World Expo.
 * Steve Rogers enlists in army.
 * Steve Rogers is selected for the Super Solder program and injected with Dr. Erskine's Super Soldier Serum, turning Rogers into Captain America.
 * 1943 - 1944
 * Steve Rogers tours with the USO as Captain America.
 * 1944
 * Captain America arrives in Italy with the USO.
 * Captain America rescues American POWs and first encounters the Red Skull. His success earns him official active duty status.
 * Howard Stark creates a unique Captain America shield and costume.
 * Captain America and US forces raid a HYDRA base. The Red Skull is destroyed when he touches the Cosmic Cube
 * Captain America crashes into the Arctic.
 * Howard Stark recovers the Cosmic Cube.
 * 1967
 * Howard Stark has Russian inventor, and a lead scientist who worked on the Arc Reactor, Anton Vanko deported.
 * 1963
 * Howard Stark leaves a message for Tony Stark in his expo introduction film.
 * 2002
 * General Ross revives the Super Soldier program to make humans immune to Gamma radiation.
 * 2006
 * During a botched experiment, Bruce Banner turns himself into the Hulk, accidentally harming his lover Betty Ross and earning the wrath of General Ross, Betty's father. Banner escapes to Brazil.
 * 2009
 * May
 * Tony Stark demonstrates Jericho Missile in Afghanistan, where he is later injured and captured by the Ten Rings terrorist cell.
 * Stark builds the Iron Man Mark I armor with the help of Dr. Yinsen while being held captive.
 * August
 * Stark escapes using his Iron Man armor prototype and learns the terrorist cell was armed with weapons created by Stark Industries Dismayed, Stark returns to the US and announces he will no longer make weapons.
 * September - October
 * Tony Stark continues to refine his Iron Man armor.
 * October
 * Tony Stark develops Mark II and Mark III Iron Man suits. Stark tests his weapon system on a Ten Rings terrorist cell and learns friend and Stark Industries business partner Obadiah Stane supplied weapons to the terrorists.
 * Stane retrieves the remains of the Mark I armor from a Ten Rings cell.
 * Virgina "Pepper" Potts, Tony's friend and secretary, Stane had arranged Tony's kidnapping. Pepper contacts S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson for help.
 * Stane attacks Pepper and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with his own Iron Man armor. Tony Stark fights and kills Stane.
 * At a press event, Stark announces that he is Iron Man.
 * Exiled scientist Anton Vanko dies in squalor, his work largely forgotten. His son, Ivan Vanko, carries on Anton's hatred for the Stark family.
 * Ivan Vanko begins constructing his Whiplash armor using his own replica of the Arc Reactor.
 * Nick Fury tries to recruit Tony Stark into the Avengers Initiative.
 * 2010
 * March
 * Bruce Banner accidentally drops his blood into a soft drink bottle, allowing General Ross to track Banner down.
 * April
 * Stark World Expo opens and Tony Stark is called before Senate and asked to give up the Iron Man (armor)|Iron Man armor]] technology to the US military.
 * Tony Stark learns his Arc Reactor's Palladium core is giving him blood poisoning. Stark searches for a cure.
 * Task force attacks Bruce Banner in Brazil. Banner becomes the Hulk and escapes to Guatamala.
 * Black Widow infiltrates Stark Industries as Natalie Rushman.
 * Ivan Vanko attacks Stark in his Whiplash armor at the Monaco Grand Prix.
 * Ivan Vanko escapes prison and is hired by Justin Hammer to build Drones based on the Iron Man armor.
 * After Tony Stark drunkenly wields the Iron Man suit at his birthday party, friend and Colonel James Rhodes takes the Mark II armor, briefly fights Stark, and delivers the early model to the US military.
 * Nick Fury meets with Stark regarding the incident and assigns Agent Phil Coulson and Natasha (aka Black Widow) to watch over and guard Stark.
 * Justin Hammer turns the Mark II into War Machine
 * May
 * In Asgard, Frost Giants attack Odin's weapon vault during Thor's coronation. Odin uses the Destroyer to fill the attackers.
 * As retribution, Thor and his friends travel to Jotunheim, nearly getting themselves killed. In response to his behavior, Odin banishes Thor and his hammer Mjølnir to Earth.
 * Jane Foster and Dr. Erik Selvig detect the wormhole created by Thor's descent and locate Thor in New Mexico.
 * Bruce Banner arrives at Culver University to see Betty Ross and continue his research in hiding.
 * A civilian discovers Mjølnir.
 * Tony Stark solves the problem with the Arc Reactor.
 * Captain Emil Blonsky is given the Super Soldier Serum and tasked to capture Bruce Banner.
 * Tony Stark and James Rhodes fight Ivan Vanko and his Drones at the Stark Expo. Black Widow infiltrates Hammer Industries and disables Vanko's control over War Machine, allowing Rhodes and Stark to defeat and kill Vanko.
 * Pepper has Justin Hammer arrested.
 * A task force including Emil Blonsky attacks Bruce Banner at Culver University. Banner transforms into the Hulk, saving Betty and severely injuring Blonsky, and makes his escape.
 * Loki learns of his Frost Giant heritage. When Odin falls into Odinsleep, Locki takes his spear Gungnir and claims control over Asgard.
 * Nick Fury brings Tony Stark into the Avengers Initiative as a consultant.
 * Agent Coulson travels to New Mexico. Along the way, he stops a burglary. Coulson shuts down Jane Foster's research lab.
 * Thor breaks into the S.H.I.E.L.D. station to retrieve Mjølnir. Hawkeye makes his first appearance watching over the break-in. Thor is captured and interrogated by Coulson. During his detention, Loki appears to Thor and tells him Odin has died.
 * Dr. Selvig helps Thor escape.
 * Loki allies himself with Laufey but turns on him moments before Laufey was to kill Odin.
 * Sif and the Warriors Three, friends to Thor, travel to Earth.
 * Loki sends the Destroyer to Earth. Thor regains his power, defeats the Destroyer, and returns to Asgard. Thor battles Loki and destroys the Bifrost Bridge. Refusing to atone for his sins, Loki allows himself to fall into the void of space.
 * Dr. Samuel Stern attempts to cure Bruce Banner. General Ross appears and captures Banner. Emil Blonsky then forces Sterns to inject him with Banner's blood, transforming him into Abomination. During the transformation, Stern also becomes infected with a small amount of Banner's blood.
 * Abomination rampages across New York. Banner becomes the Hulk, defeats Abomination, and escapes pursuit
 * Nick Fury recruits Dr. Selvig and shows him the Cosmic Cube. Loki is revealed in the reflection to be controlling Selvig.
 * 2010
 * June
 * Bruce Banner remains hidden in remote woods as he tries to control the Hulk powers.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. locates Captain America trapped in ice.
 * The World Security Council requests the release of Emil Blonsky into the Avengers Initiative, blaming his rampage on Banner. Agent Sitwell and Agent Coulson send Tony Stark to meet with General Ross and sabotage the meeting. Annoyed by Stark, Ross refuses to release Blonsky.
 * Captain America wakes up in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility and panics, escaping into the streets. Nick Fury explains what happened and recruits Captain America to the Avengers.