2004
04
February
Facebook was founded.
2012
01
February
Facebook filed for an initial public offering (IPO).
2013
01
December
Standard & Poor's added Facebook, Inc. to its S&P 500 index.
2012
01
April
Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash.
2013
01
October
Facebook acquired Onavo, an Israeli mobile web analytics company.
2014
01
February
Facebook bought mobile messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash;
2019
31
December
Facebook spent $16.7m on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists.
2019
30
July
Facebook was under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
2019
01
November
Facebook acquired game developer Beat Games.
Facebook entered a $5.7 billion deal to purchase approximately 10 percent of Jio Platforms.