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
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
Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe
Pneumatic tire patented
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 NarcÃ-s 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 built
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