Timeline of events in The Simpsons



This article complies a timeline of events in The Simpsons. Every year from after the series began (starting with 1990) since has a major event listed for it from an episode from that year in the series.

'''IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do not list events from the Treehouse of Horror series or episodes set in the future. Events of the future can not be listed here because the characters never age, and listing them taking place as "X years after the end of the series" (30 years in the case of Holidays of Future Passed, for example) will not work. With the long run of the series, it could even go past 2206, 3005, or even 1000000. Also, characters' birth years are not to be moved every time a new year begins, even though the characters have remained the same age since 1990. You could get your editing priveleges suspended for doing this.'''

11th Century

 * 1013: Carl Carlson's cowardly and treacherous ancestors let the barbarians raid Iceland. They never showed their faces again for 1000 years, until 2013.

18th Century

 * Sven Simpson immigrates from Scandinavia to the US.
 * February 25, 1796: Jebediah Springfield founds Springfield.

19th Century

 * 1852: Eliza Simpson is born.
 * April 14, 1860: Eliza Simpson helps a black slave named Virgil escape to freedom, northward to Canada.
 * April 22, 1860: Hiram Simpson tells Colonel Burns, that Virgil is in the turnip shed to avoid getting in trouble with Colonel Burns and gets a new pair of shoes.
 * June 6, 1860: Mabel Simpson defends Virgil from Colonel Burns. Then Mabel and Virgil go to Canada, where a black person can blend in.
 * April 20, 1890: Charles Montgomery Burns is born.

20th Century

 * August 16, 1903: The Sumatran Century Flower blooms and then closes for 100 years.
 * February 24, 1904: The 1st annual Springfield Marathon is held.
 * May 25, 1907: Abraham Simpson is born.
 * 1909: Mr Burns's driver's license expires.
 * October 25, 1911: Jasper Beardly is born.
 * 1914: Mr. Burns graduates from Yale University.
 * 1915: At the age of eight, Abraham Simpson lies about his age to fight in World War 1.
 * 1923: Mary Bailey is born.
 * Winter 1928: Abraham Simpson and C.W. McCallister are climbing the Murderhorn, with the Butterbaby Flapjack company sponsoring them. It was so cold and Abraham got so hungry that he even bit the left arm of McCallister. When they were almost at the top, they ran low on supplies. Heroicaly, Abe gave the last short stack to McCallister. But McCallister took all the supplies with him. Eventually, McCallister stopped because the peak was unclimable. His last thoughts were blinding and torturing Abe Simpson. However, Homer Simpson would unintentionally break this unclimbable peak 70 years later and end up being the first one to make it to the top of the Murderhorn.
 * 1930: Ned Flanders is born.
 * 1944: Abraham Simpson meets Edwina while he's in England during World War 2. He tells her to make this night memorable because he's shipping out in the morning. Little did he know he really was shipping out in the morning.
 * January 31, 1946: Clancy Wiggum is born.
 * 1946: Patty and Selma are born.
 * November 24, 1947: Moe Szyslak is born.
 * 1943-1948: Joe Quimby is born.
 * 1948: Comic Book Guy is born.
 * 1948-1953: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is born.
 * The 1950s: Herman loses his right arm by sticking it out of the bus.
 * 1950: Professor Frink is born.
 * 1952: Timothy Lovejoy is born.
 * 1952: Eliza Simpson turns 100. She is interviewed in a 1952 film and mentions that she saw a grave injustice back in 1860.
 * Summer 1952: During the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, while a pregnant Agnes Skinner is pole-vaulting, Seymour Skinner, still inside the womb, kicks and messes it up. Before he was even born, he ruined his mother's life.
 * 1953: Seymour Skinner is born.
 * May 12, 1954: Homer Simpson is born.
 * 1954: Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson are born.
 * March 19, 1956: Marge Bouvier is born.
 * April 20, 1956: Barney Gumble is born.
 * 1959: Hans Moleman is born.
 * January 18, 1960: Otto Mann is born.
 * 1961: Helen Lovejoy is born.
 * February 19, 1963: Krusty the Clown begins his television career.
 * 1964: Homer and Marge kiss each other at night during summer camp, but they don't know it's them.
 * 1967: Kearney Zzyzwicz is born.
 * 1968: Mona Simpson is wanted after planning a raid on the Burns Germ Warfare Lab.
 * 1969: While everyone else is watching the moon landing, Homer has been sent to his room, where he is listening to the song "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Love In My Tummy" by the Ohio Express.
 * 1971: Troy McClure produces and narrates an educational video called Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What.
 * 1973: Moe's liquor license expires.
 * January 7, 1974: Homer Simpson meets Marge Bouvier in detention.
 * 1974: Jimbo Jones is born.
 * 1977: Dolph Starbeam is born.
 * 1977: Homer and Barney go on The Gong Show.
 * 1979: While Homer and Marge are making out in a windmill on a minature golf course, Marge becomes pregnant with Bart.
 * April 1, 1980: Bart Simpson is born.
 * May 9, 1982: Lisa Simpson is born.
 * October 28, 1986: Homer's Barbershop Quartet performs at the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
 * October 31, 1986: The Simpsons get Snowball I as a pet.
 * October 31, 1988: Snowball 1 dies.
 * August 19, 1989: Maggie Simpson is born.
 * December 24, 1989: The Simpsons get Santa's Little Helper as a pet.
 * 1990: Sideshow Bob frames Krusty for armed robbery. Bart exposes Sideshow Bob, who then gets arrested.
 * 1991: Homer finds out that he has a long-lost half-brother, Herb Powell.
 * 1992: The Itchy & Scratchy Movie is released into theaters. It will later be reshown in 3D around 20 years later in 2012.
 * 1993: Bart and Lisa try to make their own Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.
 * 1994: Homer goes to outer space.
 * 1995: After trying to block out the sun, Mr. Burns gets shot. Maggie is revealed to be the shooter.
 * February 25, 1996: Springfield celebrates its bicentennial.
 * April 20, 1996: Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin go on a spring break road trip to the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, only to find out that it was 14 years ago.
 * 1997: A third main character, Poochie, is introduced into The Itchy & Scratchy Show.
 * 1998: Springfield gets filled with too much garbage, causing them to resort to Plan B: Moving every building at least 5 miles (or more, depending on how much garbage there was) down the road.
 * 1999: The Springfield Isotopes finally win the pennant.
 * December 1999: A new toy is made called the Funzo.
 * November 23, 1999: At 12:15 AM, The Nahasapeemapetilon Octuplets are born.
 * 2000: Ned's wife, Maude Flanders dies. Ned Flanders is very sad.

21st Century

 * February 24, 2001: The 97th annual Springfield Marathon is held.
 * December 2001: Lisa Simpson becomes a Bhuddhist.
 * 2002: After an important acheivement test, Bart is pushed down to the third grade, and Lisa is pushed up to the third grade.
 * August 16, 2003: The Sumatran Century flower blooms for the first time in 100 years.
 * 2003: The Simpsons go to England. While they are there, Abraham meets Edwina for the first time in 59 years.
 * 2004: Homer and Marge ditch Uncle Tyrone's birthday in Dayton, Ohio and go to Miami, Florida to go have a second honeymoon and make the most of their vacation.
 * January 20, 2005: Bart goes to a Murder 4 Life rap concert in Springfield. He fakes being kidnapped as an alibi so Homer and Marge won't know he went.
 * May 10, 2005: After a shaving accident at the Springfield Mall, Bart and Lisa hide in the movie theater with their father. They watch a movie called Left Below, which convinces Homer that the Rapture is coming.
 * 2006: The Itchy and Scratchy Musical is shown.
 * 2007: Homer causes Springfield to become the most polluted city in the history of the planet. Russ Cargill tries to make sure that it doesn't spread. Homer takes his family with him to Alaska where they can start a new life. They find out that Russ Cargill is planning to blow up Springfield to start a second Grand Canyon. They go back to Springfield to save everyone.
 * 2008: After a prank gone horribly wrong, Bart and Lisa believe that they have killed Martin Prince and are turning into monsters. However, 3 days later, it's revealed that Martin is still alive and they never actually killed him.
 * 2009: Homer and Marge take Bart and Lisa to Waverly Hills where they can get a better education.
 * 2010: The Simpsons go to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Marge manages to win demonstration gold for the USA, giving them their first and only medal of the entire Olympics.
 * 2011: Lisa discovers a false classroom hidden under Springfield Elementary School.
 * 2012: Lady Gaga pays a visit to Springfield to help everyone feel better about themselves.
 * March 31, 2013: Bart is falsely accused of pulling a prank on Easter that involves eggs getting blown out of trumpets and breaking when hitting everyone. Several days later, Groundskeeper Willie is revealed to be the true culprit.
 * 2013: Homer, Lenny, and Moe find out that Carl's ancestors let barbarians invade Iceland 1000 years ago that caused them to never show their faces in public again. However, Homer, Lenny and Moe tell the people of Iceland about nice things that Carl has done for them, redeeming his family forever. Carl's relatives can finally show their faces in public for the first time in 1000 years.
 * December 30, 2016: Marge's credit card expires.