Inventions Timeline

Inventions Timeline

		2400 BC	The abacus, the first known calculator, was invented in Babylonia
		500 BC	Panini Introduced the forerunner to modern formal language theory
		300 BC	Pingala invented the binary number system
		87 BC	Antikythera Mechanism was built in Rhodes to track movement of the stars
		673A	Greek fire was invented by  Kallinikos of Heliopolis
		724	Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock
		800s	Gunpowder in China
		852	Parachute was invented by  Armen Firman
		900	Horse collar in Europe
		1041	Movable type printing press was invented by  Bi Sheng
		1280	Eyeglasses
		1350	Suspension bridges in Peru
		1450	Alphabetic, movable type printing press was invented by  Johann Gutenberg
		1492	Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe by German mapmaker Martin Behaim
		1500	Ball bearing was 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 was invented by  Peter Henlein
		1540	Ether was invented by  Valerius Cordus
		1576	Ironclad warship was invented by  Oda Nobunaga
		1581	Pendulum was invented by  Galileo Galilei
		1593	Thermometer was invented by  Galileo Galilei
		1608	Telescope was invented by  Hans Lippershey
		1609	Microscope was invented by  Galileo Galilei
		1620	Slide rule was invented by  William Oughtred
		1642	Adding machine was invented by  Blaise Pascal
		1643	Barometer was invented by  Evangelista Torricelli
		1645	Vacuum pump was invented by  Otto von Guericke
		1657	Pendulum clock was invented by  Christiaan Huygens
		1679	Pressure cooker was invented by  Denis Papin
		1698	Steam engine was invented by  Thomas Savery
		1700	Piano was invented by  Bartolomeo Cristofori
		1671	Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus
		1705	Steam piston engine was invented by  Thomas Newcomen
		1710	Thermometer was invented by  Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
		1742	Franklin stove was invented by  Benjamin Franklin
		1752	Lightning rod was invented by  Benjamin Franklin
		1767	Spinning jenny was invented by  James Hargreaves
		1769	Steam engine was invented by  James Watt
		1783	Parachute was invented by  Jean Pierre Blanchard
		1783	Hot air balloon was invented by  Montgolfier brothers
		1791	Steamboat was invented by  John Fitch
		1798	Vaccination was invented by  Edward Jenner
		1804	Locomotive was invented by  Richard Trevithick
		1814	Steam Locomotive (Blucher) was invented by  George Stephenson
		1816	Miner's safety lamp was invented by  Humphry Davy
		1816	Stethoscope was invented by  Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
		1820	The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar
		1822	Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer
		1821	Electric motor was invented by  Michael Faraday
		1826	Photography was invented by  Joseph Nicephore Niepce
		1830	Lawn mower was invented by  Edwin Beard Budding
		1834	Braille was invented by  Louis Braille
		1834	Refrigerator was invented by  Jacob Perkins
		1834	Combine harvester was invented by  Hiram Moore
		1835	Morse code was invented by  Samuel Morse Revolver was invented by Samuel Colt
		1838	Electric telegraph was invented by  Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
		1839	Vulcanization of rubber was invented by  Charles Goodyear
		1842	Anaesthesia was invented by  Crawford Long
		1843	Typewriter was invented by  Charles Thurber
		1846	Sewing machine was invented by  Elias Howe
		1846	Rotary printing press was invented by  Richard M. Hoe
		1849	Safety pin was invented by  Walter Hunt
		1862	Revolving machine gun was invented by  Richard J. Gatling
		1862	Mechanical submarine was invented by  Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
		1866	Dynamite was invented by  Alfred Nobel
		1870	Stock ticker was invented by  Thomas Alva Edison
		1876	Gasoline carburettor was invented by  Daimler
		1877	Phonograph was invented by  Thomas Alva Edison
		1877	Microphone was invented by  Emile Berliner
		1878	Cathode ray tube was invented by  William Crookes
		1880	Photophone was invented by  Alexander Graham Bell
		1885	Motor cycle was invented by  Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
		1891	Zipper was invented by  Whitcomb L. Judson
		1893	Wireless communication was invented by  Nikola Tesla
		1895	Diesel engine was invented by  Rudolf Diesel Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi
		1898	Remote control was invented by  Nikola
		1901	Vacuum cleaner was invented by  Hubert Booth
		1903	Powered airplane was invented by  Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
		1907	Color photography was invented by  Auguste and Louis Lumiere Helicopter was invented by  Paul Cornu Radio amplifier was invented by  Lee DeForest
		1909	Bakelite was invented by  Leo Baekeland
		1923	Sound film was invented by  Lee DeForest Television Electronic was invented by  Philo Farnsworth
		1924	Electro Mechanical television system was invented by John Logie Baird
		1928	Antibiotics were invented by  Alexander Fleming
		1931	Iconoscope was invented by  Vladimir Zworykin
		1937	Jet engine was invented by  Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine
		1938	Ballpoint pen was 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 was invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
		1946	Microwave oven was invented by  Percy Spencer
		1951	Nuclear power reactor was invented by  Walter Zinn
		1956	Optical fiber was invented by  Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss Videocassette recorder was 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 was invented by  Theodore Harold Maiman
		1961	Optical disc was invented by  David Paul Gregg
		1963	Computer mouse was invented by  Douglas Engelbart
		1967	Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) was invented by  John Shepherd-Barron Hypertext was invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
		1968	Video game console was invented by  Ralph H. Baer
		1969	ARPANET was invented by  United States Department of Defense
		1971	E-mail was invented by  Ray Tomlinson Liquid Crystal Display was invented by James Fergason Pocket calculator was invented by Sharp Corporation Floppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM
		1973	Ethernet was invented by  Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs Personal computer was invented by Xerox PARC
		1983	Camcorder was invented by  Sony
		1990	World Wide Web was invented by  Tim Berners-Lee
		2001	Digital satellite radio