2009[edit]
April[edit]
29 – Infiniminer is released, a game by Zachtronics Industries (creators of the critically
acclaimed 2011 puzzle game SpaceChem), whose concept mainly inspired Notch
for Minecraft.[1] It was regularly updated and became open-source less than a month later.
May – Birth of Minecraft[edit]
10' – Development on "Cave Game" started using RubyDung, an abandoned game project
of Notch, and Infiniminer as bases for the code.
13 – Java: First video of "Cave Game", Block placement, first Mobs (Humans), physics
created (Cave game tech test).
14 – Java: "Cave Game" renamed to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" after a suggestion
by RinkuHero from The Independent Games Wiki on an IRC with Notch, "Minecraft" being an
analogy to the famous real-time strategy game StarCraft (Pre-classic).[3]
17 – First release of the game (Classic 0.0.11a). Game name shortened to simply
"Minecraft".[5]
21 – Accounts can now be registered.[6]
24 – An official Minecraft Forum is opened.[7]
June[edit]
1 – Java: First Multiplayer test (Classic 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)). Notch starts his new job
at Jalbum.[8]
8 – Java: Multiplayer released (Classic 0.0.16a).
14 – Java: Custom Skins released (Classic 0.0.18a).
2010[edit]
January[edit]
13 – Java: Introduction of finite Water (Indev 0.31 (January 13, 2010)). Minecraft passes
100,000 registered users.[11]
21 – Minecraft can now be gifted to non-premium players.[12]
June[edit]
17 – Minecraft passes 20,000 sales.
August[edit]
4 – First release of Survival Multiplayer (Alpha v1.0.15).
30 – Notch, JahKob and Carl Manneh get on an employment trip to Washington D.C. offered
by VALVe Corporation.[16]
31 – Minecraftcon, a spontaneous gathering of over 50 fans after a call by Notch, is held in
Bellevue, Washington.
2011[edit]
January[edit]
12 – Minecraft surpasses 1 million sales.[24]
June[edit]
6 – Microsoft reveal Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition at the E3 conference.
July[edit]
1 – Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.
August[edit]
16 – Minecraft: Pocket Edition Alpha 0.1.0 officially released (Xperia PLAY only).
November[edit]
17 – PE: First iOS release (Alpha 0.1.2).
18 – MINECON 2011 is held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 4,500 people from
24 countries attend to it. On the same day, Minecraft 1.0.0 for Java edition is officially
released, price is now 20.00 €.
2012[edit]
January[edit]
24 – LEGO announces that the LEGO Minecraft project has passed the 10,000 required
votes
February[edit]
11 – PE: Alpha 0.2.0 released for Android.
August[edit]
2 – MINECON 2012 is officially announced on a promotional video to be in Disneyland Paris
on November 24–25.
2013[edit]
April[edit]
5 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 10 million sales.
December[edit]
13 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 13 million sales.
2014[edit]
September[edit]
15 – Mojang and Minecraft are acquired by Microsoft for $2.5 billion.
November[edit]
5 – The founders of Mojang AB – Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér and Carl Manneh – leave
the company.
December[edit]
18 – Mojang announced that they will collaborate with Telltale Games to create a
new Minecraft spin-off game called Minecraft: Story Mode.
2015[edit]
June[edit]
30 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 20 million sales.
July[edit]
1 – Minecraft wins the first ever BAFTA Young Game Designers Hero Award.
4 – MINECON receives the Guinness World Record for Largest Convention for a Single
Video Game.
2016[edit]
29 snapshots were released in 2016.
April[edit]
27 – Gear VR: An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the Samsung
Gear VR.
June[edit]
2 – Minecraft is sold for all platforms 100 million times and makes the second best selling
games.
27 – Mojang announces Minecraft: The Movie, the release date for the movie is May 24,
2019 and in 3D and in IMAX.
2017[edit]
August[edit]
8 – PC: Open beta for Chinese version of Minecraft was released.
8 – Mojang announces MINECON Earth, an interactive live show that can be accessed by
anyone for free, and "Official Community Events", smaller MINECON-like events that take
place in various regions.
September[edit]
13 – Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition officially released.
2018[edit]
January[edit]
19 – Minecraft hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales.
March[edit]
15 – Minecraft: The Crash is announced as the second Minecraft novel.
June[edit]
13 – Netflix is revealed to add Minecraft: Story Mode to its service in late 2018 in an
exclusive by TechRadar.[
