2400 BC
The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylonia
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
1510
1576
1581
1593
1608
1609
1642
1643
1645
1657
1679
1687
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
1698
1671
1705
1708
1710
1733
1742
1752
1767
1769
1774
1779
1781
1783
1791
1793
1798
1799
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
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)
science
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
1821
1826
1830
1831
Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer
Electric motor invented by Michael Faraday
Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce
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
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
1838
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 Narcís 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
Hertz produces radio waves.
1888
1891
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
The atomic bomb
Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer
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
1961
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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