|
2400 BC |
The abacus, the first known
calculator, invented in Babylonia
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|
300 BC |
Pingala invents the binary
number system |
|
87 BC |
Antikythera Mechanism invented in Rhodes to track movement of the stars |
|
724 |
Liang Ling-Can invents the
first fully mechanical clock |
|
1041 |
Movable type printing press
invented by Bi Sheng |
|
1280 |
Eyeglasses were invented |
|
1350 |
Suspension bridges built in Peru
|
|
1450 |
Alphabetic, movable type
printing press invented by Johann
Gutenberg |
|
1500 |
Ball bearing invented by
Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines,
including a helicopter, the first mechanical
calculator and one of the first programmable robots
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|
1510 |
Pocket watch invented by
Peter Henlein |
|
1576 |
Ironclad warship invented
by Oda Nobunaga |
|
1581 |
Pendulum invented by
Galileo Galilei |
|
1593 |
Thermometer invented by
Galileo Galilei |
|
1608 |
Telescope invented by
Hans Lippershey |
|
1609 |
Microscope invented by
Galileo Galilei |
|
1642 |
Adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal |
|
1643 |
Barometer invented by
Evangelista Torricelli |
|
1645 |
Vacuum pump invented by
Otto von Guericke |
|
1657 |
Pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens |
|
1679 |
Pressure cooker invented
by Denis Papin |
|
1687 |
Newton, Principia: Newton's
physics formed the foundation of modern science |
|
1698 |
Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery |
|
1671 |
Gottfried Leibniz is known as
one of the founding fathers of calculus |
|
1705 |
Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen |
|
1708 |
Jethro Tull invents mechanical
(seed) sower |
|
1710 |
Thermometer invented by
Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur |
|
1733 |
John Kay invents flying
shuttle. |
|
1742 |
Franklin stove invented by
Benjamin Franklin |
|
1752 |
Lightning rod invented by
Benjamin Franklin |
|
1767 |
Spinning jenny invented by
James Hargreaves |
|
1769 |
Steam engine invented by
James Watt |
|
1774 |
Priestly isolates oxygen |
|
1779 |
First steam powered mills
automate the weaving process. |
|
1781 |
William Herschel discovers the
planet Uranus. |
|
1783 |
Hot air balloon invented
by Montgolfier brothers |
|
1791 |
Steamboat invented by
John Fitch |
|
1793 |
Eli Whitney develops the
cotton gin |
|
1798 |
Vaccination invented by
Edward Jenner |
|
1799 |
Humphrey Davy discovers
nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Oliver Evans invents the
conveyer belt
|
|
1804 |
Locomotive invented by
Richard Trevithick |
|
1814 |
Steam Locomotive (Blucher)
invented by George Stephenson |
|
1816 |
Miner's safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy |
|
1816 |
Stethoscope invented by
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec |
|
1820 |
The Arithmometer was the first
mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier
Thomas de Colmar
|
|
1821 |
Faraday demonstrates the
principle of the electric motor.
|
|
1822 |
Charles Babbage designs his
first mechanical computer |
|
1821 |
Electric motor invented by
Michael Faraday |
|
1826 |
Photography invented by
Joseph Nicephore Niepce |
|
1830 |
Lawn mower invented by
Edwin Beard Budding |
|
1831 |
Von Liebig discovers
chloroform Faraday
discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible
generators and electric engines.
|
|
1834 |
Braille invented by
Louis Braille |
|
1834 |
Refrigerator invented by
Jacob Perkins |
|
1834 |
Combine harvester invented
by Hiram Moore |
|
1835 |
Morse code invented by
Samuel Morse
Revolver invented by
Samuel Colt
|
|
1838 |
Electric telegraph invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel
Morse) Daguerre
perfects the Daguerrotype.
|
|
1839 |
Vulcanization of rubber
invented by Charles Goodyear |
|
1842 |
Anaesthesia invented by
Crawford Long |
|
1843 |
Typewriter invented by
Charles Thurber |
|
1846 |
Sewing machine invented by
Elias Howe |
|
1846 |
Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe
Pneumatic tire patented
Elias Howe invents the
sewing machine
|
|
1849 |
Safety pin invented by
Walter Hunt Monier
develops reinforced concrete
|
|
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes The
Origin of Species
Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful
gasoline engine
|
|
1862 |
Revolving machine gun invented by Richard J. Gatling
Isaac Singer commercializes
the sewing machine
|
|
1862 |
Mechanical submarine invented by Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
|
|
1866 |
Dynamite invented by
Alfred Nobel Lister
demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic
|
|
1869 |
Mendeleev produces the
Periodic
Table |
|
1870 |
Stock ticker invented by
Thomas Alva Edison |
|
1873 |
Christopher Sholes invents the
Remington typewriter
James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of
electro-magnetic radiation
|
|
1876 |
Gasoline carburettor invented by Daimler |
|
1877 |
Phonograph invented by
Thomas Alva Edison |
|
1877 |
Microphone invented by
Emile Berliner |
|
1878 |
Cathode ray tube invented
by William Crookes
Edison invents the
incandescent lamp.
|
|
1880 |
Photophone invented by
Alexander Graham Bell |
|
1883 |
First skyscraper built in
Chicago (ten stories)
Maxim invents the machine gun
|
|
1885 |
Motor cycle invented by
Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
Benz develops first automobile
to run on internal- combustion engine
|
|
1888 |
Hertz produces radio waves.
|
|
1888 |
Eiffel Tower is bult |
|
1891 |
Zipper invented by
Whitcomb L. Judson
Rudolf Diesel invents diesel
|
|
1893 |
Wireless communication
invented by Nikola Tesla |
|
1895 |
Diesel engine invented by
Rudolf Diesel Radio
signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi
Auguste and Louis Lumiere
develop Cinematograph
Roentgen discovers X-rays
|
|
1898 |
Remote control invented by
Nikola Tesla |
|
1900 |
Planck develops quantum theory
First Zeppelin is built
|
|
1901 |
Vacuum cleaner invented by
Hubert Booth |
|
1903 |
Powered airplane invented
by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright |
|
1905 |
Einstein writes the Theory of
Relativity. |
|
1907 |
Color photography invented
by Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu
Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest
|
|
1908 |
Henry Ford mass-produces the
Model T. |
|
1909 |
Bakelite invented by
Leo Baekeland |
|
1919 |
London to Paris air service
begins James Smathers
develops the first electric typewriter
|
|
1923 |
Sound film invented by
Lee DeForest Television Electronic
invented by Philo
Farnsworth
|
|
1924 |
Electro Mechanical television
system invented by John Logie Baird |
|
1926 |
Robert Goddard experiments
with liquid-fueled rockets. |
|
1928 |
Antibiotics, penicillin invented by
Alexander Fleming |
|
1931 |
Iconoscope invented by
Vladimir Zworykin |
|
1937 |
Jet engine invented by
Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
Alan Turing develops the
concept of a theoretical computing machine
|
|
1938 |
Ballpoint pen invented by
Laszlo Biro |
|
1943 |
Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the
Enigma encryption machine
Colossus: Alan Turing develops
the the code-breaking machine Colossus
Aqua-Lung invented by
Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
|
|
1945 |
The atomic bomb |
|
1946 |
Microwave oven invented by
Percy Spencer |
|
1951 |
Nuclear power reactor invented by Walter Zinn |
|
1956 |
Optical fiber invented by
Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E.
Curtiss Videocassette
recorder invented by Ampex
|
|
1957 |
Sputnik I and Sputnik II:
Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the
Russians |
|
1958 |
Silicon chip: The first
integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by
the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
|
|
1960 |
Laser invented by
Theodore Harold Maiman |
|
1961 |
Uri Gagarin is the first man
in space Optical disc
invented by
David Paul Gregg
|
|
1963 |
Computer mouse invented by
Douglas Engelbart |
|
1967 |
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)
invented by John Shepherd-Barron
Hypertext invented by
Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
|
|
1968 |
Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer |
|
1969 |
The moon landing - Neil
Armstrong sets foot on the moon |
|
1971 |
E-mail invented by
Ray Tomlinson Liquid
Crystal Display invented by James Fergason
Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation
Floppy Disk invented by
David Noble with IBM
|
|
1973 |
Ethernet invented by
Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC
|
|
1983 |
Camcorder invented by
Sony |
|
1990 |
World Wide Web invented by
Tim Berners-Lee |
|
2001 |
Digital satellite radio |
