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Birth
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Began Programming
Markus took an early liking to computer programming on his parents Commodore 128 at the age of 7 -
Working for king
In 2005, Markus began working for King, a video game developing and publishing company,. -
Started working on minecraft
In the summer of 2009, Markus started working on Minecraft. -
Jalbum
Later in 2009, Markus left King to work as a programer for Jalbum. -
Mojang
Markus Persson founded mojang -
Full time Minecraft production
In june 2010, Markus left Jalbum to work on Minecraft full time. -
Minecraft pocket edition
Minecraft pocket edition is released for mobile devices -
Divorce
Persson's marriage had fell apart due to his work being too important to him leaving little time for his family. -
Minecon
Minecraft is fully released at minecon -
Lost his father
Persson's father passed away due to suicide. -
Piracy
A free legal server for minecraft came out for free and Markus quickly had it shut down, subsequently receiving multiple death threats -
Bedrock edition
Minecraft bedrock edition was added to the xbox 360. -
Leaving Mojang
Notch decided to leave mojang after selling the company to microsoft. -
Removed from the game
Notch made some controversial tweets related to the LGBT community, causing microsoft to remove all mentions of him from the game