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- For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 1998.
Events
January
- 3 January - DS9: "Waltz" airs.
- 5 January - Hal Baylor dies.
- UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.6.
- 31 January - Gary Nardino dies.
February
- 1 February - Jack T. Collis dies.
- 2 February - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.7, DS9 volume 6.1, VOY volume 4.1.
March
- 2 March - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.8 (end), DS9 volume 6.2, VOY volume 4.2.
- 7 March - Jack Perkins dies.
April
- 6 April - UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.3, VOY volume 4.3.
- 20 April - TNG is rereleased in a three-episode-per-tape format in the UK, starting with TNG volume 1.1.
- 28 April - Jerome Bixby dies.
May
- 4 May - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.2, DS9 volume 6.4, VOY volume 4.4.
- 21 May - Robert Gist dies.
- 31 May - Sherman Labby dies.
June
- 1 June - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.3, DS9 volume 6.5, VOY volume 4.5.
- 9 June - Al Francis and Norman Stuart die.
- 15 June - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.4, DS9 volume 6.6, VOY volume 4.6.
- 17 June - "Tears of the Prophets", the final episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's sixth season airs. Terry Farrell leaves the series in the episode. It is also the series' 150th episode.
July
- 6 July - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.5, DS9 volume 6.7, VOY volume 4.7.
August
- 2 August - Shari Lewis dies.
- 10 August - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.6, DS9 volume 6.8, VOY volume 4.8.
- 18 August - Persis Khambatta dies.
September
- 5 September - Leo Penn dies.
- 7 September - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.7, DS9 volume 6.9, VOY volume 4.9.
- 24 September - Austen Jewell dies.
- 30 September - "Image in the Sand", the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's seventh season airs. Nicole de Boer joins the cast as Ezri Dax.
October
- 2 October - Adrian Spies dies.
- Star Trek: Voyager's Deck 1 sets suffer smoke and sprinkler damage as a result of a small fire. [1]
- 5 October - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.8 (end season 1), DS9 volume 6.10, VOY volume 4.10.
- 29 October - Filming wraps up for VOY: "The Fight".
November
- 2 November - UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.11, VOY volume 4.11.
- 16 November - UK VHS releases: Star Trek - Greatest Battles.
December
- 6 December - Michael Zaslow dies.
- 7 December - UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.12, VOY volume 4.12.
- 11 December - Star Trek: Insurrection, directed by Jonathan Frakes, premieres.
- 28 December - CIC Video in the UK rereleases the first eight movies in unified packaging, in pan&scan and widescreen editions. Also released: DS9 volume 6.13 (end season 6), VOY volume 4.13 (end season 4).
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