2400 BC

The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylon

300 BC Pingala invents the binary number system 87 BC Antikythera Mechanism invented in Rhodes to track movement of the stars 724 1041 1280 1350 1450 1500 q 1510 1576 1581 1593 1608 1609 1642 1643 1645 1657 1679 1687 1698 1671 1705 Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock Movable type printing press invented by Bi Sheng Eyeglasses were invented Suspension bridges built in Peru Alphabetic, movable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg Ball bearing invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including a q helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein Ironclad warship invented by Oda Nobunaga Pendulum invented by Galileo Galilei Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei Telescope invented by Hans Lippershey Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei Adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli Vacuum pump invented by Otto von Guericke Pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin Newton, Principia: Newton's physics formed the foundation of modern science Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen

1708 1710 1733 1742 1752 1767 1769 1774 1779 1781 1783 1791 1793 1798 1799 Q q 1804 1814 1816 1816

Jethro Tull invents mechanical (seed) sower Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur John Kay invents flying shuttle. Franklin stove invented by Benjamin Franklin Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves Steam engine invented by James Watt Priestly isolates oxygen First steam powered mills automate the weaving process. William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers Steamboat invented by John Fitch Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas) Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick Steam Locomotive (Blucher) invented by George Stephenson Miner's safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy Stethoscope invented by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

1820 The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar 1821 1822 1821 1826 Faraday demonstrates the principle of the electric motor. Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer Electric motor invented by Michael Faraday Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce

1830 1831

Lawn mower invented by Edwin Beard Budding Von Liebig discovers chloroform

Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines. 1834 1834 1834 1835 1838 Braille invented by Louis Braille Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins Combine harvester invented by Hiram Moore Morse code invented by Samuel Morse.Revolver invented by Samuel Colt Electric telegraph invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)

Daguerre perfects the Daguerrotype. 1839 1842 1843 1846 1846 Vulcanization of rubber invented by Charles Goodyear Anaesthesia invented by Crawford Long Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber Sewing machine invented by Elias Howe 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 1866 Mechanical submarine invented by Narcs Monturiol i Estarriol Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel

Lister demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic

1869 1870 1873

Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table Stock ticker invented by Thomas Alva Edison Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter

James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation 1876 1877 1877 1878 Gasoline carburettor invented by Daimler Phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison Microphone invented by Emile Berliner Cathode ray tube invented by William Crookes

Edison invents the incandescent lamp. 1880 1883 Photophone invented by Alexander Graham Bell 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 1888 1891 Hertz produces radio waves. Eiffel Tower is bult Zipper invented by Whitcomb L. Judson

Rudolf Diesel invents diesel 1893 1895 Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla Diesel engine invented by Rudolf Diesel

Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi Auguste and Louis Lumiere develop Cinematograph Roentgen discovers X-rays 1898 1900 Remote control invented by Nikola Tesla Planck develops quantum theory

First Zeppelin is built

1901 1903 1905 1907

Vacuum cleaner invented by Hubert Booth Powered airplane invented by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity. Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere

Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest 1908 1909 1919 Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T. Bakelite invented by Leo Baekeland 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 1926 1928 1931 1937 Electro Mechanical television system invented by John Logie Baird Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets. Antibiotics, penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming Iconoscope invented by Vladimir Zworykin Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain

Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine 1938 1943 Ballpoint pen invented by Laszlo Biro 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 1946 1951 1956 The atomic bomb Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer Nuclear power reactor invented by Walter Zinn Optical fiber invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss

Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex

1957 1958 Robert Noyce 1960 1961

Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby &

Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman Uri Gagarin is the first man in space

Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg 1963 1967 Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by John Shepherd-Barron

Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson 1968 1969 1971 Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon 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 1990 2001 Camcorder invented by Sony World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee Digital satellite radio

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