Brief History of the Web

March 1989: First project proposal circulated at CERN.
November 1990: Initial WorldWideWeb prototype developed on the NeXT
March 1991: Line mode browser (www) released to limited audience
December 1991: CERN computer newsletter announces W3 to the HEP world.
September 1992: Plenary session demonstration to the HEP community.
February 1993: NCSA release first alpha version of "Mosaic for X".
March 1994: NCSA employees form "Mosaic Communications Corp" (now Netscape).
May 1994: First International WWW Conference, CERN, Geneva (400 spaces, 800 requests)
July 1994: MIT/CERN agreement to start W3 Organisation is announced
October 1994: Second International WWW Conference, Chicago (1000 spaces, 2000 requests)
December 1994: First W3 Consortium Meeting at M.I.T. in Cambridge (USA).
August 1995: W3C initiates PICS project for parental control on the Internet.
December 1995: Fourth International WWW Conference, Boston (2400 attendees)
January 1996: W3C initiates joint electronic payment initiative with CommerceNet.