- "Twenty years in Gotham, Alfred. We've seen what promises are worth. How many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?"
- ―Bruce Wayne[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1990s.
Undated events[]
- Gotham City Zoo is transformed due to changing attitudes about captive animals.[1]
- The Tobacconists Club opens to the public to combat a decline in membership and to capitalize on the cigar craze at the time.[2]
- Cleo Cazo is born in Portugal.[3][4]
Late[]
- Harbogate Towers receives a gentrification facelift.[5]
1990[]
Starro is tied by American astronauts.
- Capture of Starro: While floating in space near Earth, the being Starro is captured by NASA astronauts. They bring it inside their space shuttle, where it releases several miniature copies of itself, which attach themselves to the astronauts and control their minds.[3]
- Starro is ultimately brought to Earth, where the United States government, hoping to weaponize it, makes a deal with the government of Corto Maltese to imprison and conduct experiments on it entitled "Project Starfish" in Jotunheim.[3]
- Bruce Wayne, now 18 years old, moves out of Wayne Manor and into the Glass House with Alfred Pennyworth.[6]
- Clark Kent discovers his flight abilities while playing with his pet dog Hank.[7]
- A Smallville Spartans' member receives a Kansas State Champions logo.[8]
- Norton is founded.[9][10]
- "Love Baby Bomb" is released by Tigertailz.[11]
January[]
29th[]
- A Bit of What You Fancy is released by The Quireboys.[11]
July[]
12th[]
- This is the date of an issue of The Smallville Sentinel.[8][12]
20th[]
Harley Quinn files.
- Harley Quinn is born.[13][14]
September[]
11th[]
- "Cherry Pie" is released by Warrant.[15]
October[]
3rd[]
November[]
21st[]
- The videogame Super Mario World is released, featuring the first appearance of Yoshi.[9][17]
1991[]
- On his gravestone Victor Stone has this date as year of birth.[18]
- "Don't Treat Me Bad" is released by FireHouse.[19]
February[]
21st[]
- Dame Margot dies.[20][21][22]
March[]
27th[]
- Josh Selby is born.[20][23][24]
June[]
18th[]
- Cory Pitzner is sentenced for vandalism.[3][25]
30th[]
- Adrian Chase is born.[26]
August[]
7th[]
- Waylon Jones is arrested for murder.[27]
December[]
25th[]
Late[]
- Gaius Grieves is hired by the Americans to study Starro in Corto Maltese.[3]
1992[]
Barry Allen's University ID.
- During a conversation with his father, Arthur Curry discovers that he has a special relationship with water.[29]
- Arthur Curry meets for the first time the octopus Topo.[29]
February[]
7th[]
- Buzz Sawyer dies.[20][21]
March[]
3rd[]
- Stephen Shin borrows a copy of The Mystery of Atlantis by Bernard Collins.[30]
June[]
3rd[]
- Brian Durlin is sentenced for vigilantism.[3][25]
30th[]
- "Seasons" is released by Chris Cornell.[8]
July[]
6th[]
- Floyd Lawton is arrested for extortion. He's given a sentence of 2 years.[27]
October
8th[]
- Mortal Kombat is released.[9][31]
1993[]
- This date was feature in a A.R.G.U.S. file regarding Barry Allen.[13]
- A Smallville Spartans' member receives a Kansas State Champions logo.[8]
March[]
April[]
22nd[]
- Richard Hertz is born.[3][25]
June[]
26th[]
- Ariana Grande is born.[20][33]
July[]
27th[]
- "Come Baby Come" is released by K7.[13]
September[]
- Clark Kent saves Smallville autumn fair with his superpowers, without being seen by anyone.[7]
Mid[]
Jonathan Kent shows Clark his real origins.
- Clark saves his classmates from a school bus crash.[8]
- Jonathan shows Clark his crashed starship and reveals to him that he is an alien.[8]
- Kenny Braverman and Whitney Fordham, alongside others including Pete Ross, bully Clark Kent in an attempt to show his powers. They are scared away by Jonathan Kent.[8]
December[]
- Around this time, Bruce Wayne begins his one-man war on crime, waging it largely upon the streets of Gotham.[34]
1994[]
April[]
3rd[]
- Cory Pitzner is sentenced for grand larcery.[3][25]
May[]
19th[]
June[]
4th[]
- Rachel M. Batson's organization license is issued.[15]
17th[]
August[]
8th[]
- Brian Durlin is sentenced for kidnapping.[3][25]
29th[]
- Victor Stone is born.[36]
1995[]
- A period of military occupation begins in Kahndaq.[37]
- Barry Allen is born to Nora and Henry Allen.[38]
January[]
3rd[]
- Kim Ji-soo is born.[20][36]
22nd[]
- Jerry Blackwell dies.[20][21]
May[]
24th[]
- Braveheart is released.[9][39]
August[]
14th[]
- María la del Barrio is released.[9][40]
1996[]
- Waylon Jones is on the run from bullies who wanted to see his skin, and is caught and his mask is pulled off, embarrassing him. Jones manages to escape into the woods, where he begins to cry.[41]
- Empire Pier opens in Metropolis.[28]
- Christopher Smith stops believing in the fake concept of "butt babies".[42]
January[]
16th[]
- Kim Jennie is born.[20][36]
March[]
8th[]
November[]
26th[]
- "I Believe I Can Fly" is released by R. Kelly.[15]
December[]
13th[]
- The film Mars Attacks! is released.[9][43]
1997[]
- Batman begins collaborating with James Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department.[36]
February[]
11th[]
- Roseanne Park is born.[20][36]
March[]
1st[]
- Maxine Hunkel is born.[37]
27th[]
- Lalisa Manoban is born.[20][36]
31st[]
- "It's No Good" is released by Depeche Mode.[44]
April[]
Jonathan Kent before his death.
- A tornado occours in Kansas between Smallville and Wichita, killing Jonathan Kent.[8][31]
- Few days later Jonathan Kent is buried in the Smallville Cemetery.[8]
- Clark Kent leaves the Kent Farm and travels around the world.[8][45]
- "Barbie Girl" is released by Aqua.[46]
June[]
26th[]
- The novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published. It features the first appearance of Harry Potter.[9][15]
27th[]
July[]
18th[]
- A library copy of The Mistery of Atlantis is gained by Matthew Allen.[30]
September[]
30th[]
- Wesley Rowe, the fake identity used by Barry Allen for entering the Scout Ship 0344 in 2017, has this date of birth.[18]
1998[]
Atlanna banished in the Hidden Sea.
- The Sword of Alexander is sold on the black market.[16]
- El Diablo begins to use his pyrokinetic powers in his criminal life.[13]
- Orvax discovers the existence of Arthur Curry. His mother Atlanna is sacrificed to the Trench but she escapes into the Hidden Sea, where she will live for twenty years.[44]
- The truck driver Ludlow begins coming to Cassidy Pub.[31]
January[]
26th[]
- A library copy of The Mistery of Atlantis is gained by Panda Erica.[30]
July[]
17th[]
- The movie The Mask of Zorro is released.[9][48]
1999[]
Arthur Curry controls tha marine wildlife in the aquarium.
- At the Boston Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts, Arthur Curry is on a field trip with his class when he is bullied by a pair of students. Arthur reveals his ability to control sea life while several patrons watch in awe.[29][44]
- Topo is captured by the people of Amnesty Bay and put in a tank. Arthur Curry and his friend Claudia menages to free its.[29]
- The Flying Graysons die in an acrobatic act and Bruce Wayne adopts their son, Dick Grayson.[28]
- A.R.G.U.S. begins monitoring Aquaman.[13]
- Arthur Curry starts to write a notebook about Atlantis and Atlanteans' culture.[49]
January[]
29th[]
- Arthur Curry celebrates his birthday. He receives as gift a Canon 75 Rangefinder with a 50mm lens.[30]
February[]
Arthur Curry and Vulko while underwater.
- Vulko begins training Arthur in how to unlock his Atlantiean powers so he can take his rightful place as the King of Atlantis.[44]
April[]
3rd[]
- Arthur Curry starts to write a notebook regarding Atlantis and Atlanteans' culture. In reality he just reuses a library copy of The Mystery of Atlantis.[30]
August[]
6th[]
- The Iron Giant is released.[20][50]
September[]
18th[]
- Brian Durlin is sentenced for exortion.[3][25]
October[]
15th[]
- Fight Club is released.[9][44]
25th[]
- Payne Stewart dies.[20][33]
November[]
19th[]
- The film The Boondock Saints is released.[51][9]
December[]
27th[]
- Floyd Lawton is arrested for murder.[28]
References[]
| Timeline | |
| Before the 20th century | Before 19th century • 19th century |
|---|---|
| 20th century | 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s |
| 21st century | 2000s • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
| After the 21st century | Far future |
| Alternate timelines | Flashpoint • Post-Flashpoint |