Short answers, pulled from the story.
Madame d'Aulnoy coined the term fairy tale in the late 17th century. She invented the genre name Conte de fées to describe the magical stories she and her peers were writing in their Parisian salons.
The Brothers Grimm published their first edition of Children's and Household Tales in 1812 and 1815. They rewrote the tales in later editions to make them more acceptable to the Victorian sensibilities of the time.
Research by anthropologists Jamie Tehrani and Sara Graca Da Silva suggests that tales like Jack and the Beanstalk may date back over 5000 years. The story of The Smith and the Devil could be 6000 years old.
Walt Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. This film marked a turning point for the fairy tale genre entering the realm of cinema.
Madame d'Aulnoy and her contemporaries wrote fairy tales to disguise sharp critiques of court life and the arbitrary power of kings. These gatherings became the incubators for the fairy tale genre as aristocratic women used magical elements to comment on their condition through the safe distance of fantasy.