Conception of Python
Guido van Rossum began working on Python as a successor to the ABC programming language during Christmas holidays.
1989
1991
First Release of Python
Python 0.9.0 was released, featuring classes with inheritance, exception handling, functions, and the core data types: str, list, dict, etc.
1994
Python 1.0 Released
Python 1.0 was officially released, introducing new features like lambda, map, filter, and reduce functions.
2000
Python 2.0 Released
Python 2.0 was released, adding list comprehensions, garbage collection, and support for Unicode.
2001
Python Software Foundation Established
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) was established to manage the ongoing development and promotion of Python.
2003
Python 2.3 Released
Python 2.3 was released, featuring improvements in performance and the introduction of the logging module.
2008
Python 3.0 Released
Python 3.0, also known as Python 3000 and Py3k, was released. It was designed to rectify fundamental design flaws in the language and was not backward compatible with Python 2.x.
2010
Python 2.7 Released
Python 2.7 was released as the last major version of the Python 2.x series, with many features backported from Python 3.x.
2014
Python 3.4 Released
Python 3.4 was released, introducing the asyncio module for asynchronous programming and the new enums module.
2015
Python 3.5 Released
Python 3.5 was released, adding new syntax features like async and await, and the introduction of type hints.
2017
A survey indicated that Python had become the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. universities.
2018
Python 3.7 Released
Python 3.7 was released, featuring data classes, context variables, and significant performance improvements.
2019
Python 2.x End of Life Announced
The Python Software Foundation announced the official end-of-life date for Python 2.x, set for January 1, 2020.
2020
Python 2.x Reaches End of Life
Python 2.x officially reached its end of life, with no further updates or support from the Python Software Foundation.
2021
Python 3.9 Released
Python 3.9 was released, featuring new syntax elements like the union operators in dict, and performance enhancements.
2023
Python 3.11 Released
Python 3.11 was released, bringing further performance improvements and new features to enhance developer productivity.
