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 non-canon episodes such as Treehouse of Horror episodes or episodes set in the future. Also, characters' birth years are not to be moved every time a new year begins, even though 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

 * 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, 1905: 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.
 * 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 Syzlak is born.
 * 1943-1948: Joe Quimby is born.
 * 1948: Comic Book Guy is born.
 * 1948-1953: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is born.
 * 1950: Professor Frink is born.
 * 1952: Timothy Lovejoy is born.
 * May 12, 1954: Homer Simpson is born.
 * 1954: Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson are born.
 * April 20, 1956: Barney Gumble is born.
 * October 1, 1956: Marge Bouvier is born.
 * 1959: Hans Moleman is born.
 * January 18, 1960: Otto Mann is born.
 * 1961: Helen Lovejoy is born.
 * 1967: Kearney Zzyzwicz is born.
 * 1968: Mona Simpson is wanted after planning a raid on the Burns Germ Warfare Lab.
 * January 7, 1974: Homer Simpson meets Marge Bouvier in detention.
 * 1974: Jimbo Jones is born.
 * 1977: Dolph Starbeam is born.
 * 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 31, 1986: The Simpsons get Snowball I as a pet.
 * October 28, 1986: Homer's Barbershop Quartet plays at the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
 * 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 it's bicentennial.
 * Spring Break 1996: Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin go on a spring break road trip.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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: Springfield Elementary School gets divided into one half for boys and one half for girls.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.