Chronology of events

This page's purpose is to retrace the history of all events related to Minecraft, Mojang and its employees in a less targeted manner than the different Version history pages.

May

 * 18 - Birth of Jens "Jeb" Bergensten in Sweden.

June

 * 1 - Birth of Markus "Notch" Persson in Ystad, Sweden.

November

 * 9 - Birth of Elin "Ez" Zetterstrand.

May - Birth of Minecraft

 * 10 - Development on "Cave Game" started (Pre 0.0.0)
 * 13 - PC : First video of "Cave Game", Block placement, first Mobs (Humans), physics created (Pre 0.0.9a).
 * 14 - PC : "Cave Game" renamed to "Minecraft : Order of the Stone", then to "Minecraft" (Pre 0.0.9a).
 * 17 - First release of the game (PC 0.0.11a).
 * 19 -

June

 * 1 - PC : First Multiplayer test (0.0.15a).
 * 8 - PC : Multiplayer released (0.0.16a).
 * 14 - PC : Custom Skins released (0.0.18a).

August

 * 4 - PC : First elements of Survival (0.24).
 * 18 - PC : Introduction of Health (0.24).

October

 * 20 - Beginning of SURVIVAL TEST (PC 0.26).

December

 * 23 - Minecraft PC passes to Indev development stage, introduction of dynamic lighting.

January

 * 13 - PC : Introduction of finite Water (Indev 0.31).
 * 29 - PC : Introduction of the Crafting system (Indev 0.31).

February

 * 27 - Minecraft PC passes to Infdev development stage, introduction of infinite maps.

June

 * 18 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 1 released. Minecart system introduced.
 * 25 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 2 released. Dungeons introduced.
 * 30 - Minecraft PC passes to Alpha development stage (Alpha 1.0.0), it is now possible to play on a client window.

July

 * 3 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 3 (Alpha 1.0.1) released. Redstone introduced.
 * 9 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 4 (Alpha 1.0.4) released.
 * 16 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 5 (Alpha 1.0.6) released.
 * 23 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 6 (Alpha 1.0.11) released.
 * 30 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 7 (Alpha 1.0.14) released.

August

 * 4 - First release of Survival Multiplayer (PC Alpha 1.0.15).
 * 20 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 8 (Alpha 1.0.17) released.
 * 31 - Minecraftcon, a spontaneous gathering of over 50 fans after a call by Notch, is held in Bellevue, Washington.

September

 * Early September - During an employment trip offered by VALVe Corporation, Mojäng AB is founded by Notch, JahKob and Carl Manneh.
 * 10 - PC : Seecret Friday Update 9 (Alpha 1.1.0) released.
 * 18 - PC : Seecret Saturday Update 10 (Alpha 1.1.1) released.

October

 * 30 - PC : Alpha 1.2.0 "Halloween Update" released. Nether introduced.

December

 * 20 - Minecraft PC passes to Beta development stage (Beta 1.0)
 * 22 - PC : Beta 1.1 released.

January

 * 13 - PC : Beta 1.2 released.

February

 * 21 - PC : Client/Launcher Update. Updates are now manually triggered.
 * 22 - PC : Beta 1.3 released.

March

 * 4 - "Minecraft - Volume Alpha", the soundtrack of the game by C418, is released.
 * 31 - PC : Beta 1.4 released.

April

 * 19 - PC : Beta 1.5 released.

May

 * 25 : Kappische reveals Minecraft Pocket Edition on Mojang's site.
 * 26 - PC : Beta 1.6 released.

June

 * 1 - Minecraft Pocket Edition is first shown on | a Youtube video
 * 6 - Notch and Microsoft reveal Minecraft Xbox Edition at the E3 conference.
 * 30 - PC : Beta 1.7 "Piston Update" released.

August

 * 16 - Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.1.0 officially released (Android only).

September

 * 14 - PC : Beta 1.8 "Adventure Update" released.

November

 * 13 - PC : "Sound Update" released.
 * 17 - PE : First iOS release (version 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 PC 1.0.0 is officially released.
 * 24 - First Snapshot released (11w47a). This marks the beginning of weekly development versions.

January

 * 12 - PC : 1.1 released.
 * 18 - As part of the worldwide protest against SOPA, Mojang establish a blackout on all their sites for the entire day.

February

 * 11 - PE : Alpha 0.2.0 released for Android.
 * 17 - PE : Alpha 0.2.0 released for iOS.
 * 18 - "Catacomb Snatch", a game developed by Mojang in the span of a weekend as part of a charity project, is released.
 * 28 - The Bukkit team officially joins Mojang in order to further develop the Minecraft server software and to aid with the creation of modding APIs.

March

 * 1 - PC : 1.2 released.

April

 * 23 - PE : Alpha 0.3.0 released for iOS.
 * 24 - PE : Alpha 0.3.0 released for Android.

May

 * 9 - Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition 1.0 officially released.

June

 * 15 - XB : 1.1 released.