Facebook

History of Facebook

  • Launch of Facesmash

    On the 28th of October, 2003, Mark Zuckerberg (who was in his second year of Harvard) launched "facesmash", a website intended to allow Harvard students to rate others as "hot or not". Facesmash has been considered Facebook's predecessor and allowed Zuckerberg to generate the idea for Facebook.
  • Zuckerberg begins writing the code for theFacebook

  • Launch of theFacebook

    On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launches his website "theFacebook"; a universal site created for Harvard students to connect.
  • Facebook expands to 21 Universities

  • Facebook adds Australian and New Zealand universities to the server

  • Facebook Messenger app launch