Thomas Edison timeline

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  • Birth date

    Birth date
    Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio, his parents were Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr, and Nancy Matthews Elliott.

  • Early education

    Early education
    Edison only attended public school for three months before be home-schooled by his mother.

  • Civil war

    Civil war
    The civil war haappend from 1861-1865

  • Edison, the printer

    Edison, the printer
    When Edison was in his late teens, when he printed the first edition og the Grand Trunk Herald.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Edison becomes a telegraph operator.

  • The start of a new lightbulb

    The start of a new lightbulb
    Edison and his group began to make a new version of the lightbulb,but instead of using gas it used electricity instead of gas.

  • Edison gets married

    Edison gets married
    Edison marries Mina Miller.

  • Introduces the Home Phonograph

    Introduces the Home Phonograph
    Introduces the Home Phonograph.

  • Alkaline storage battery

    Alkaline storage battery
    Edison markets his alkaline storage battery.

  • The sinking of the Titanic

    The sinking of the Titanic
    The Titanic sank

  • Edisons deadth

    Edision dies at the age of 84.

  • Edison invents the quadruplex telegraph for Western Union

    Edison invents the quadruplex telegraph for Western Union
    Edison invents the quadruplex telegraph for Western Union.