.NET Timeline By KyleDChapman May 1, 1964 BASIC Developed Jun 1, 1967 Simula 67 Released First Object-Oriented Language Jan 1, 1972 C Released Oct 25, 1983 C++ Released May 1, 1991 First Release of Visual Basic Feb 25, 1993 Microsoft Visual C++ Released May 10, 1993 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Released With Office 3 Professional Jan 21, 1996 Java Released Jun 25, 1998 Visual Basic 6.0 Released The final release of VB before VB.NET Jul 25, 2000 C# Released Feb 13, 2002 VB.NET Released Feb 13, 2002 .NET Framework Released Aug 8, 2008 Visual Basic 6.0 Officially Unsupported