Timeline of Minecraft

2009

May

17^th- First release of game.

21^st- Accounts can now be registered.

24^th May- Official Minecraft forum is opened.

June

8th- Mulitplayer release.

October

Beginning of survival test.

2010

January

29^th – Introducing of the crafting system

June

17^th- Minecraft passes 20,000 sales.

July

22^nd- First over internet test of survival mode multiplayer.

October

16^th- Mojang is founded.

December

22^nd- Minecraft beta version is released.

2011

January

12^th- Minecraft reaches 1 million sales.

July

Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.

August

16^th- Minecraft pocket edition released for Xperia play only.

November

17^th- Pocket edition released on IOS

 

2012

May

Released on Xbox 360.

2013

October

25^th- Java update 1.7.2 released ‘the update that changed the world.’

December

13^th- Minecraft for Java surpasses 13 million sales

2014

September

4^th- PlayStation 4 edition released.

5^th- Minecraft Xbox one edition released.

December

10^th- pocket edition released for windows phone.

2015

June

30^th Minecraft for Java surpasses 20 million sales

October

13^th- Minecraft story mode released.

December

Minecraft WiiU edition released.

2016

June

2^nd- Minecraft sold over 100 million times across all platforms, and makes second bestselling games.

27^th- Minecraft announces release of minecraft the movie for May 24 2019

November

Minecraft education edition released.

December

19^th- Minecraft pocket edition released on Amazon Fire tv an Apple tv

 

2017

May

11^th- Minecraft Nintendo switch edition released.

September

13^th- Minecraft released on Nintendo 3DS

December

Minecraft hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales.