Apple History By facebooker_2519341638186147 Apr 1, 1976 Apple founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronal Wayne. Apr 1, 1977 Apple II is created. 1985 Steve Jobs leaves Apple. 1997 Steve Jobs goes back to Apple 1997 Apple introduces the iPhone. 1998 Apple Launches iMac Computer 2000 Apple launches the App Store online. 2000 Apple introduces the iPad. 2001 The first Apple Store will be opened. 2001 The first iPod is on sale. 2002 Apple launches music streaming service. 2006 Apple exceeds one trillion dollars in stock market value. 2009 Apple Introduces iPhone 11 Oct 5, 2011 Steve Jobs died. 2014 Apple introduces Apple Watch. 2016 More than one billion Apple devices are in use worldwide.