Laravel 1.0 Release

Taylor Otwell releases the very first version of the Laravel framework, which includes an early iteration of Eloquent as its default ORM. This initial release set the stage for Eloquent's evolution.

Significance

Marked the debut of Eloquent, albeit in a rudimentary form, as an integral part of Taylor Otwell's vision for an expressive PHP framework. It showcased the initial concept of object-relational mapping within Laravel.