Minecraft Timeline

2009

May 13 2009

The test video for Minecraft was released

May 17 2009

Minecraft was released

September 1 2009

Survival mode test was released

December 23 2009

The map was expanded and updated like for example the edition of 3D clouds

2010

29^th January 2010

Introduction of the crafting system

17^th June 2010

Minecraft passes 20,000 sales after one year

22^nd July 2010

First internet test of survival mode on multiplayer so the community can test it

16^th October 2010

Mojang was founded by Notch.

2011

12^th January 2011

 Minecraft reaches a million sales in under 2 years

1^st July 2011

Minecraft passes 10 million users

16^th August 2011

Minecraft pocket edition was released for IOS meaning it is portable

2012

12^th Jan 2012

Minecraft 1.1 released

9^th May 2012

Minecraft released on Xbox 360

2013

2nd January 2013

Server updates to 1.4.6

13^th December 2013

Minecraft surpasses 13 million sales

2014

4^th September 2014

PlayStation four edition released.

5^th September 2014

Minecraft Xbox One edition released.

10^th December 2014

Pocket edition released for windows phone

2015

30^th June 2015

Minecraft surpasses 20 million sales

13^th October 2015 

Minecraft story mode released for all next gen consoles

17^th December 2015

 Minecraft Wii U edition released

2016

2^nd June 2016

Minecraft sold over 100 million times across all platforms and becomes one of the bestselling games

7^th June 2016

Minecraft announces Minecraft the Movie

2017

10^th December 2017

Minecraft hits 75 million hits 75 million active players and 145 million total sales