Minecraft Timeline

Minecraft was released

May 17, 2009

Minecraft was publicly released

Classic

Period: May 20, 2009 to Jun 25, 2010

Minecraft Alpha

Period: Jun 29, 2010 to Dec 3, 2010

1.1 Released

Aug 20, 2010

1.2.0 Released

Oct 30, 2010

1.0 released

Dec 20, 2010

Minecraft Beta

Period: Dec 20, 2010 to Nov 13, 2011

1.3 released

Feb 22, 2011

1.7 released

Jun 30, 2011

Minecraft DEV Builds

Period: Nov 19, 2011 to Sep 13, 2012

1.1 Released

Jan 5, 2012

1.3.2 released

Aug 14, 2012

Today

Nov 25, 2012