Timeline:1999

Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year of the Gregorian calendar that started on a Friday. It is the first year of SpongeBob SquarePants and the year of season 1.

This year and the next year, 2000, are the only years where the series premiered episodes in the 20th century and 2nd millennium, along with being the only year where episodes premiered in the 1900s.

15 episodes of Season 1 were produced in this year, while the other 26 episodes were produced the previous year, 1998.

Date	Event(s)
May 1	"Help Wanted," "Reef Blower," and "Tea at the Treedome," the pilot episodes, premiered. The show premiered.
July 17	"Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered. The show officially began.
July 31	"Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered.
August 7	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered.
August 14	"Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered.
August 21	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered.
August 28	"Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered.
August 31	SpongeBob SquarePants got picked up for a 2nd season. Heavy Iron Studios was founded.
September 11	"Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" premiered.
September 13	Smell-O-Vision started.
September 17	"Sandy's Rocket" and "Squeaky Boots" premiered.
September 18	"Culture Shock" and "F.U.N." premiered.
September 24	Smell-O-Vision ended.
October 2	"MuscleBob BuffPants" and "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" premiered.
October 16	"Help Wanted", "Reef Blower", and "Tea at the Treedome" premiered in India on Zee TV, thus marking the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants in that country.
October 28	"Scaredy Pants" and "I Was a Teenage Gary" premiered. Nickel-AAAHH!!-Zone occurred.
November 7	"Jellyfishing" and "Plankton!" premiered in Latin America, thus marking the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants in that country.
December 1	"Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants" premiered in Latin America.
December 4	"Hall Monitor" and "Jellyfish Jam" premiered in Latin America.
December 14	"Help Wanted", "Reef Blower", and "Tea at the Treedome" premiered in Latin America.
December 16	"Naughty Nautical Neighbors" and "Boating School" premiered in Latin America.
December 23	"Pizza Delivery" and "Home Sweet Pineapple" premiered in Latin America.
December 28	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" premiered in Latin America.
December 31	"SB-129" and "Karate Choppers" premiered. SpongeBob SquarePants made a special sneak peak on YTV. Marking its premiere in Canada[1] "Sleepy Time" and "Suds" premeired on VHS in some territories, as a early release.