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Sumerians develop first written script
-3300
Invention, Mesopotamia
Trieme developed in Greece
-650
Invention, Greece
Chinese develop stirrup in about 300 BC
-300
Invention, China
Banknotes invented by Chinese in Tang Dynasty
806
Invention, China
Chinese in Tang Dynasty invent woodblock printing
868
Invention, China
Chinese invent canal lock during construction of Grand Canal
984
Invention, China
Chinese first use compass for navigation in the Song Dynasty
1050
Invention, China
Chinese first use cannon during the Song Dynasty
1128
Invention, China
Shipborne artillery was developed in about 1350 in Europe
1350
Invention, Europe
The Gutenberg Bible is Europe's first printed book for mass production
1455
Invention, Germany
The rifled barrel was invented in about 1490
1490
Invention, Europe
Flintlock musket invented
1620
Invention, Europe
John Kay invents the flying shuttle to revolutionize the production of cotton
1733
Invention, United Kingdom
James Watt patents new steam engine that dispenses with hot-cold routine
1769
Invention, Scotland
Montgolfier brothers demonstrate hot-air balloon flight
1783
Invention, France
Andrew Meikle invents threshing machine
1786
Invention, United Kingdom
Edward Jenner, an English doctor, invents the smallpox vaccination
1796
Invention, United Kingdom
Alessandro Volta invents the battery
1800
Invention, Italy
Michael Faraday invents the electric motor
1822
Invention, United Kingdom
Samuel Morey invents internal combustion engine
1826
Invention, United States
The first photograph was taken by Niepce after finding a suitable image fixative
1827
Invention, France
Faraday experiments with electromagnetism and invents the first dynamo
1831
Invention, United Kingdom
Samuel Morse demonstrates Morse Code
1838
Invention, United States
Daguerre invents the first practical photographic process
1839
Invention, France
Eduard Simon invents polystyrene
1839
Invention, Germany
British mail service expands as adhesive postage stamp used for the first time
1840
Invention, United Kingdom
Ether is used as a general anesthetic for the first time
1842
Invention, United States
Charles Goodyear patents a process for vulcanizing rubber
1844
Invention, United States
Singer produces the first commercially-successful sewing machine
1850
Invention, United States
"The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations"--1st World's Fair
1851
Invention, United Kingdom
First ironclad frigate
1859
Invention, Europe
First manually powered machine gun built by Richard Gatlin
1862
Invention, United States
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard invent pasteurization
1862
Invention, France
First successful trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable
1865
Invention, United Kingdom
Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1867
Invention, Sweden
Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
1876
Invention, United States
Thomas Edison invents phonograph
1877
Invention, United States
Thomas Alva Edison invents incandescent light bulb
1878
Invention, United Kingdom
First automatic machine gun built by Hiram Maxim
1884
Invention, United Kingdom
Gottlieb Daimler invents petrol engine
1886
Invention, Germany
Lumiere brothers demonstrate the first moving picture show
1895
Invention, France
William Rontgen discovers the usefulness of x-rays in medical diagnosis
1895
Invention, Germany
Caruso, Metropolitan Opera House principal tenor, records voice (gramophone disc)
1902
Invention, United States
Harry Brearley invents stainless steel
1913
Invention, United Kingdom
Wallace Carothers invents nylon
1935
Invention, United States
Enrico Fermi builds first nuclear reactor
1942
Invention, United States
In July in the desert of New Mexico, a nuclear bomb was tested for the first time
1945
Invention, United States
First hydrogen bomb explodes when tested at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
1952
Invention, United States
Watson and Crick discover structure of DNA
1953
Invention, Global
First nuclear-powered submarines launched
1954
Invention, United States
Soviets are the first into outer space as they launch Sputnik into orbit
1957
Invention, Russia
Kenneth Masterman-Smith invents communications satellite
1958
Invention, United States
Willard F. Libby wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing Carbon-14 dating
1960
Invention, United States
Laser invented
1960
Invention, United States
Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBs) begin to be developed
1960
Invention, Global
On July 21, American astronauts walk on the moon
1969
Invention, United States
Intel invents microprocessor
1969
Invention, United States
Ray Tomlinson invents email
1971
Invention, United States
Xerox PARC invents personal computer
1973
Invention, United States
Martin Cooper (Motorola) invents mobile phone
1973
Invention, United States
Phillips Electronics (Netherlands) & Sony Corporation (Japan) invent compact disc
1980
Invention, Japan
Cruise missiles are deployed for first time
1980
Invention, Global
IBM releases first personal computer with 8088 CPU, floppy disc & 64 KB of RAM
1981
Invention, Global
Tim Berners-Lee invents World Wide Web
1990
Invention, United Kingdom
US Department of Defense invents global positioning system
1995
Invention, United States
First component of International Space Station in orbit
1998
Invention, Global
Apple invents portable media player
2001
Invention, United States
Akademik Lononosov in Russia's Far East is first Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
2019
Invention, Global
Apple releases iPhone 13
2021
Invention, Global