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Event Battle
The Battle of New York
A portal over Midtown, a Chitauri army through it, and six people who had never worked together.
- When
- May 2012
- Where
- New York City
- Present
- 11
- Depicted in
- 5 entries
What happened
The hinge the whole timeline turns on. It is the reason the Sokovia Accords get written, the reason Adrian Toomes loses his salvage contract, the reason Wilson Fisk can buy Hell's Kitchen cheap, and the reason Tony Stark cannot sleep for three films. Everyone in the MCU dates things from it.
Consequences and causes
Caused
- The Avengers
Organisation
- The Department of Damage Control
Organisation
Caused by
- The Tesseract
Object
Changed
- Adrian Toomes
Character
The salvage contract Damage Control took off him.
Present
- The World Security Council
Organisation
Ordered a warhead onto Manhattan, and was ignored.
Where you see it
Canonical timeline · 5 entries
Notes are veiled until you track what you have watched, or switch spoilers off in the header.
The Age of Heroes
2012-
The Avengers2012 · Major role
After New York
2012-
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Marvel's Daredevil2015 · Mentioned · 0/39 ep
Referred to only as "the incident" — nobody in Hell's Kitchen says the names.
