Minecraft Timeline

17^th may 2009 – First release of the game
21^st may 2009 – Accounts can now be registered
24^th may 2009 - Official Minecraft forum is opened
8^th June 2009 -  Multiplayer released
20^th October 2009 – Beginning of survival test
29^th January 2010 – Introduction of crafting system.
17^th June 2010 – Minecraft passes 20,000 sales
22^nd July 2010 – First over internet test of survival mode multiplayer
16^th October 2010 – Mojang is founded
22^nd December 2010 – Minecraft beta version is created
12^th Jan 2011 – Minecraft reaches a million sales
1^st July 2011 – Minecraft passes 10 million registered users
16^th August 2011 – Minecraft pocket edition released for Xperia play only
17^th November 2011 – Pocket edition released on IOS
9^th May 2012 – Released on Xbox 360
25^th October 2013 – Java update 1.7.2 released ‘the update that changed the world.’
13^th December 2013 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 13 million sales.
4^th September 2014 – PlayStation 4 edition released.
5^th September 2014 – Minecraft Xbox 1 edition released.
10^th December 2014 – Pocket edition released for Windows phone
30^th June 2015 – Minecraft for Java Surpasses 20 million sales.
13^th October 2015 – Minecraft Story mode released.
17^th December 2015 – Minecraft Wii U edition released
2^nd June 2016 – Minecraft sold over 100 million times over all platforms, makes 2^nd bestselling game.
27^th June 2016 – Minecraft announces release of Minecraft the movie for May 24^th 2019
1^st November 2016 – Minecraft education edition released
19^th December 2016 – Minecraft pocket edition released on Amazon fire TV and Apple TV.
May 11^th 2017 – Minecraft Nintendo Switch edition released
13^th September 2017 – Minecraft released on Nintendo 3DS
December 2017 – Minecraft hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales