At Timeline you can see the official timeline. Unfortuntely most of that is anecdotal.
This page is intended to establish a true, provable timeline. Anything without an explicit reference should be considered anecdotal. Please add references for anecdotal entries or any new provable entries.
- 1991 - Civilization ("Civilization I") released [1]
- 1995, April 27 - OpenCiv 0.8 announcement on Usenet [2]
- 1995, November 20 - CivNET ships for distribution [3]
- 1996, February 11 - Freeciv first referenced on Usenet [4]
- 1996, March 18 (?) - Civilization II released [5]
- 1997, January 8 - Freeciv 1.0 announcement on Usenet [6]
Freeciv distribution milestones: ...
- 1997, January 8 - Freeciv 1.0 announcement on Usenet: Available from sunsite.unc.edu
- 1997 - InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource April 1997: CD-ROM Disc 5 includes Freeciv 1.0