- 1973: The first international network connection was established between the United States and the United Kingdom.
- 1983: The Internet Protocol (IP) was adopted as the standard protocol for the Internet.
- 1989: The World Wide Web (WWW) was invented by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist. The first web page was launched on August 6, 1991.
- 1991: The Internet was opened to commercial use, and the first Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were established.
- 1993: The first graphical web browser, Mosaic, was released, making it easier for people to access and navigate the Internet.
- 1995: The Internet became widely available to the general public, and the number of users began to grow rapidly.
- 1998: The Internet was officially declared to be a global network, and the term "Internet" became widely used.
So, while the Internet as we know it today is a relatively recent development, the concept of a network of interconnected computers dates back to the 1950s and 1960s.