Minecraft Timeline

2009	MAY 10TH	Development on "Cave Game" started  using RubyDung, an abandoned game project of Notch, and Infiniminer as bases for the code.
	MAY 13TH	Notch released Minecraft for certain people to test.
	MAY 14TH	Java : "Cave Game" renamed to "Minecraft : Order of the Stone"
	MAY 17TH	First release of the game. Game name shortened to simply "Minecraft".
	MAY 21ST	Accounts can now be registered.
	MAY 24TH	An official Minecraft Forum is opened.
	JUNE 1ST	Java : First Multiplayer test.
	JUNE 8TH	Java : Multiplayer released.
	JUNE 14TH	Java : Custom Skins released.
	AUGUST 4TH	Java : First elements of Survival.
	AUGUST 18TH	Java : Introduction of Health.
	OCTOBR 9TH	Passwords can now be changed
	OCTOBER 20TH	Beginning of SURVIVAL TEST .
	DECEMBER 22ND	Hayden Scott-Baron becomes the Minecraft Artist.
	DECEMBER 23RD	Minecraft for Java passes to Indev development stage (Indev 0.31) (which requires a 5.00 € Premium Account to be accessed), introduction of Torches and dynamic lighting.
2010	JANUARY 13TH	Minecraft passes 100,000 registered users.
	JANUARY 21ST	Minecraft can now be gifted to non-premium players.
	FEBRUARY 5TH	Hayden Scott-Baron leaves Minecraft development.
	FEBRUARY 27TH	Minecraft for Java passes to Infdev development stage, introduction of infinite maps.
	JUNE 1ST	Notch gets back to work 100% on Minecraft after a pause after having left his job at Jalbum a few weeks before.
	JUNE 17TH	Minecraft passes 20,000 sales
	JUNE 30TH	Minecraft for Java passes to Alpha development stage (Alpha 1.0.0), price raised from 5.00 € to 10.00 €, it is now possible to play on a client window.
	SEPTEMBER 23RD	Minecraft Classic is available again on Minecraft.net.
	OCTOBRE 16TH	Mojang AB is founded
	DECEMBER 20TH	Minecraft for Java passes to Beta development stage (Beta 1.0), price raised from 10.00 € to 15.00 €.
2011	JANUARY 12TH	Minecraft surpasses 1 million sales
	MARCH 4TH	Minecraft - Volume Alpha", the soundtrack of the game by C418, is released.
	MAY 25TH	Kappische reveals Minecraft: Pocket Edition on Mojang's site.
	JUNE 1ST	Minecraft: Pocket Edition is first shown on a Youtube video
	JUNE 6TH	Microsoft reveal Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
	JULY 1ST	Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.
	DECEMBER 1ST	Jeb becomes the lead developer on Minecraft.
	DECEMBER 6TH	Notch first evokes the possibility of Minecraft-themed LEGO sets as part of the LEGO CUUSOO project
2012	MAY 9TH	Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition TU1 officially released.
	JUNE 1ST	"Micro World", the first LEGO Minecraft set, is released
2013	SEPTEMBER 2ND	Minecraft for Java surpasses 12 million sales.
	DECEMBER 13TH	Minecraft for Java surpasses 13 million sales.
2014	SEPTEMBER 15TH	Mojang and Minecraft are acquired by Microsoft for $2.5 billion
	OCTOBER 14TH	Console : Minecraft released for PlayStation Vita.
2015	JULY 29TH	An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the universal Windows 10 platform.
2016	MAY 24TH	Price raised from 19.95 € to 23 €.
2017	DECEMBER	Minecraft hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales.