Marvel Timeline
---- Silver Age ----
1859
Apocalypse wakes from hibernation - he begins studying Victorian London.
Nathaniel Essex is transformed into Mister Sinister by Apocalypse.
1873
Kang enslaves Tombstone in an attempt to take over the 20th Century,
he is defeated by Western Heroes and the Avengers.
1876
Diablo is sealed in a tomb beneath his castle by the local Villagers.
1897 - The Daily Bugle is founded.
1880's-1910
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vs League of Shadows
1920's-early 1930's
Serial Heroes
1901
1st January 1901: Kang arrives in Wisconsin, he assumes the identity of Victor Timely.
14th June 1914:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assessinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. World War I begins.
1918
11th November 1918: The Armistice is signed. World War I ends.
1919
Paul Destine, a small time Carnival Mentalist learns of the Ancients.
1920
Paul Destine embarks on an Antarctic expedition with Captain Leonard McKenzie.
They arrive at Antarctica and discover a cave - Destiny enters suspended animation
1928
1st September 1928: Herbert Edgar Wyndham runs Genetic Accelerator Test #113 on a lab rat.
1929
Kang fakes the death of Victor Timely and assumes the identity of his son -
1930
May 1930: Herbert Edgar Wyndham reveals his Genetic Accelerator to his science Professors.
Wyndham uses his Genetic Accelerator on his Dalmation.
1931
March 1931: Wyndham supervises the construction of his Citadel on Wundagore Mountain by
Subterranean Moloids.
1932
March 1932: Wyndham uses his Genetic Accelerator on a cow called Bova.
She evolves into a humanoid creature.
Howard Stark has a three-story townhouse built at 890 Fifth Avenue, New York.
1938
Germany tries to invade Symkaria, but is turned back by the joint forces of Symkaria,
Latveria and the Soviet Union.
---- Golden Age ----
1939
Professor Phineas T. Horton presents his 'synthetic man' - the Human Torch.
Germany invades Poland and Hitler declares war on England and France - World War II begins.
1940
Steven Rogers becomes Captain America (I).
1941
Wolverine and Captain America (I) rescue a young Natalia Romanova from the Hand in Madripoor.
December 7th 1941: The Japanese bomb the American Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
December 22nd 1941: Captain America(I), Human Torch(I), Sub-Mariner, Toro & Bucky(I) rescue
Winston Churchill from Master Man. Churchill asks them to stay together - they form the Invaders.
1942
January 3rd 1942: The Arcadia Conference ends. (Factual)
April 9th 1942: Bucky(I) forms the Liberty Legion
1944
The Invaders (Captain America (I), The Human Torch (I) and The Sub-Mariner fight a
Nazi war machine and are defeated. Walter Destine defeats the machine by transforming
into a blue skinned powerhouse for the first time.
1945
16th April 1945: Captain America (I), The Spirit of '76, The Patriot and Red Guardian (I)
enter the Red Skull (I)'s bunker to gain Hitler's strongbox
18th April 1945: Baron Zemo (I) tries to kills Captain America (I) and Bucky (I) by tying
them to a drone plane. Bucky (I) was killed when the plane exploded and Captain America
(thought dead) disappeared into the waters of the English Channel
30th April 1945: The Human Torch (I) and Toro find Adolf Hitler in his subterranean bunker
watched by S.S. Major Otto Günsche. Hitler's wife Eva Braun was dead by his side from poisoning.
The Human Torch (I) killed Adolf Hitler in his bunker - Hitler's last words were for S.S.
Major Otto Günsche to tell the World that he had committed suicide.
7th May 1945: The end of World War II in Europe when General Alfred Jodl signed a document
of unconditional surrender - General Bedell Smith signed for the Western Allies with General
Ivan Suslapatov for the USSR.
15th July 1945: Prime Minister Winston Churchill (UK), President Harry S. Truman (USA) and
Premier Joseph Stalin arrive for "Big Three" talks in Potsdam, Germany.
16th July 1945: The first experimental atomic bomb is exploded at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
16th July 1945: Brian Xavier and Kurt Marko work on the bomb at Alamogordo. Brian Xavier dies
6th August 1945: The Japanese City of Hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb.
9th August 1945: The Japanese City of Nagaskai is destroyed by an atomic bomb.
2nd September 1945: General MacArthur formally accepts the surrender of the Japanese on the
aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo bay.
Reference : WW II (Golden Age)
Invaders: Capt America, Namor, Human Torch, Toro, Bucky
All Winner's Squad: Capt America II, Bucky II, Human Torch, Spitfire
Liberty Legion : Blue Diamond, Jack Frost, Miss America, Patriot, Red Raven,
Spirit of 76, Thin Man, Whizzer
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---- LOST GENERATION ----
1950
Spitfire's superhuman powers fade, she is left a normal human being once more.
1953
Albert Malik is recruited by George Malenkov to be the Communist Red Skull (II)
Captain America (IV) and Bucky (III) team up for the first time to fight The Red Skull (II).
1955
Captain America (IV) and Bucky (III) go mad and are placed in the cryogenics
1963
Team X agents Sabretooth, Kestrel, Mastodon and Wolverine are on a mission in Cuba to stop
Fidel Castro launching a missile (left behind after the Cuban Missile Crises of October 1962)
on America. They are betrayed by Silver Fox. (Wolverine #61)
November 22nd 1963: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
1968
Team X agents Sabretooth and Wolverine go to the USSR to kill the Soviet Super-Solder
Epsilon Red and stop the Russians getting to the moon before the Americans
Later that year Team X encounters Soviet Super-Solder Omega Red
J. Jonah Jameson, Inc. purchase the Goodman Building & forms the Daily Bugle
1969
Neil Armstrong is taking (what is believed to be) the first walk on the moon by a human being.
1970
Black Bolt is released from confinement and enters Inhuman society. (Thor (Vol I) #149)
Black Bolt is attacked by his brother Maximus to prove he can not control his sonic powers.
Black Bolt is elected by the Genetics Council to rule the Inhumans.
---- 1970's-1980's : Early Modern Age ----
1982
Charles Xavier and Cain Marko discover the Temple of Cyttorak.
Cain Marko is transformed into a Juggernaut and subsequently trapped in a massive cave-in.
1989
Charles Xavier forms the Xavier Academy
1995
Kang fakes the death of Victor Timely Jr. and assumes the alias of his son - Victor Timely III
Odin sends Thor to Earth to learn humility and transforms him into Doctor Donald Blake.
Paul Destine emerges from suspended animation - he renames himself Destiny(I) and sets
out to destroy Atlantis. Destiny (I) causes massive earthquakes which destroy Atlantis
killing Emperor Thakorr and Princess Fen as well as scattering the Atlanteans.
Namor fights Destiny (I) but is defeated when Destiny (I) compels him to fly to New York
City, wiping his memory and dulling his mind in the process.
1997
Dr. Bolivar Trask and his son Lawrence (who doesn't know he's a mutant) are in the process
of building the first Sentinel - the Master Mold. Uncanny X-Men #-1)
James MacDonald Hudson steals his prototype cybernetic suit from AM-CAM Petroleum, He
destroys the suit but keeps the helmet which is his property. (Alpha Flight (Vol I) #2)
James MacDonald Hudson is employed by the Canadian Gov & begins to form Department H.
Xavier recruits 6 teens who would later become the first team of X-Men
---- Modern Age ----
2001
Reed Richards, Benjamin Grimm, Susan Storm and her brother Johnny take the first flight in
an experimental interplanetary rocket. They get bombarded by Cosmic Rays
Soon after the Skrulls return to Earth, four of their spies impersonate the Fantastic Four
in preparation for the second Skrull Invasion of Earth - they are defeated by the FF
Henry Pym discovers the formula that allows him to shrink to the size of an ant.
2002
Namor: The Sub-Mariner regains his memory after years - he discovers Atlantis in ruins and
attacks humanity. He is defeated by the Fantastic Four.
Testing of an experimental Gamma Bomb takes place, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk.
Peter Parker get bitten by a radio-active spider and becomes Spider-Man
2003
Dr. Donald Blake is on holiday in Norway. He discovers he is Thor.
Billionaire Playboy Tony Stark is kidnapped by Terrorists and forced to make battle armor
He escapes and becomes Ironman
The X-men's debut against Magneto
2004
Loki plots revenge against Thor. He uses the Hulk as part of his plan.
Thor, Antman, Wasp, Ironman and the Hulk defeat Loki - they form the Avengers
Franklin Richards is Born
2005
Captain America (I) is discovered frozen in ice by the Avengers. He joins their ranks.
The Defenders Form
Henry Pym discovers another formula allowing him to become Giant-Man(I)
2006
The 2nd lineup of X-Men form
2007
Defenders Disband
2008
Secret Wars I
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---- Modern Age Universe 716 ----
2001
Reed Richards, Benjamin Grimm, Susan Storm and her brother Johnny take the first flight in
an experimental interplanetary rocket. They get bombarded by Cosmic Rays
Soon after the Skrulls return to Earth, four of their spies impersonate the Fantastic Four
in preparation for the second Skrull Invasion of Earth - they are defeated by the FF
Henry Pym discovers the formula that allows him to shrink to the size of an ant.
2002
Namor: The Sub-Mariner regains his memory after years - he discovers Atlantis in ruins and
attacks humanity. He is defeated by the Fantastic Four.
Testing of an experimental Gamma Bomb takes place, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk.
Peter Parker get bitten by a radio-active spider and becomes Spider-Man
2003
Dr. Donald Blake is on holiday in Norway. He discovers he is Thor.
Billionaire Playboy Tony Stark is kidnapped by Terrorists and forced to make battle armor
He escapes and becomes Ironman
The X-men's debut against Magneto
2004
Loki plots revenge against Thor. He uses the Hulk as part of his plan.
Thor, Antman, Wasp, Ironman and the Hulk defeat Loki - they form the Avengers
2005
Captain America (I) is discovered frozen in ice by the Avengers. He joins their ranks.
The Defenders Form
Henry Pym discovers another formula allowing him to become Giant-Man(I)
** Commission Member Hamilton Slade is replaced by a clone created in the future.
The clone, with the combined memories of both Slade and a future elite law enforcer,
undertakes to create an organization dedicated to both punishment and protection.
The clone takes the name of Judge Dredd, and the organization is called the Judges Guild.
2006
Franklin Richards is Born
The 2nd lineup of X-Men form
** The Judges Guild, now with a blossoming membership, is commissioned as law enforcement
for various small countries.
2007
Defenders Disband
** Judge Dredd is killed, and becomes the Vampire Lord Judge Blood. The Blood Feud is
formed.
2008
Secret Wars I
** Judge Blood achieves vast power, and leaves his home dimension, changing history so none
remember him. On the date of his ‘death’, Dredd is simply missing.
Following the timeline change, much fewer people has superhuman powers.
** Rook, a clone from an early experiment by Judge Blood, achieves autonomy and forms
The Redeemers.
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----- Universe 816 ----
Prehistory - The cosmic being Eternity places restrictions upon the planet Earth and surrounding
space, limiting the amount of power available to the denizens thereof.
1976
The IADC forms a licensed coalition of superheroes for fighting villains and world menaces
1989
Charles Xavier forms the Xavier Academy
1995
Odin sends Thor to Earth to learn humility and transforms him into Doctor Donald Blake.
Paul Destine emerges from suspended animation - he renames himself Destiny(I) and
destroys Atlantis, placing Namor II in suspended animation .
1997
Xavier recruits 6 teens who would later become the first team of X-Men
Thor learns his true identity and eventually returns to Asgard, to find it at war.
---- Modern Age ----
2001
Reed Richards, Benjamin Grimm, Susan Storm and her brother Johnny take the first flight in
an experimental interplanetary rocket. They get bombarded by Cosmic Rays & become the FF.
Henry Pym discovers the formula that allows him to shrink to the size of an ant.
Victor Von Doom defeats rival Stephen Strange and become Sorcerer Supreme.
The Crusaders are formed by heroes lead by the Manta.
2002
Testing of an experimental Gamma Bomb takes place, Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk.
Thor’s daughter, called Warhammer, journeys to Earth and begins her adventures.
*** Nathaniel Crane recruits gifted young teens and creates a think tank of young genius
heroes.
2003
Henry Pym discovers another formula and becomes Giant Man(I).
Billionaire Playboy Tony Stark is kidnapped by Terrorists and forced to make battle armor
He is rescue by Henry Pym, Janet Van Dyne and Warhammer . They form the Avengers.
The X-men's debut against Magneto
Victor Von Doom cures Ben Grimm of his rocky condition. Sue and Reed break up, and Ben
takes Sue’s side, causing a rift with Reed. Reed destroys the FF headquarters but it is quickly
rebuilt into Four Freedoms Plaza with aid of Victor Von Doom. Reed claims innocence.
2004
Scott Summers tires of what he considers weak leadership by Xavier and kills an enemy who
badly injured Jean Grey. He leaves, taking the X-men with him and forming the X-Ternals.
**** Juan Montoya releases the cure for Cancer among other medical marvels.
2005
Henry Pym discovers another formula allowing him to become Giant-Man(I)
*** Juan Montoya releases the science for safe Fusion Power and other discoveries.
2006
Professor Xavier is corrupted by the spirit of an old enemy.
The villainous 2nd lineup of X-Men is formed. The X-ternals battle the X-men, and slay Xavier.
**** Juan marries his cousin Angel (discovered to NOT be a blood relation).
***** Secret Wars I occurs.
2007
**** Juan begins a romantic relationship with Angel’s sister Carmen, who becomes a ‘leaper’
Simultaneously, Juan becomes a member of the Exiles.
2009
**** Juan Montoya leaves his home earth, tiring of attacks upon loved ones.
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---- Earth 818 ----
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