History of the Internet By kzuroff Jan 1, 1960 origination of the Internet Jan 1, 1962 Birth of the ARPAnet project Oct 1, 1972 Emails introduced Jan 1, 1980 Local Area Network (LANs) Jan 1, 1980 first internet provider companies were formed Jan 1, 1983 Official birth date of the Internet Jan 1, 1983 Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Jan 1, 1986 NSFnet Jan 1, 1991 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) was founded, World Wide Web released Jan 1, 1993 Release of the Mosaic web browser