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First Photographic Image
Joseph Niepce created the first photographic image with camera obscura. The picture took 8 hours to develope in light exposure and later on faded. -
Partnership between Louis Daguerre and Joseph Niepce
Louis Daguerre was the inventor of the first practical process of photography. In 1829, he formed a partnership with Joseph Niepce to improve the process he had developed. -
First Photography Only Lens
Petzval designed a lens specifically for photographing purposes. -
First Stereograph
The first stereographs (stereo vision photographs) were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Science in Brussels. -
Tintypes were Patented
Tintypes, patented in 1856 by Hamilton Smith, were another medium that heralded the birth of photography. A thin sheet of iron was used to provide a base for light-sensitive material, yielding a positive image. -
First War Photographs
Roger Fenton shot the Crimean war, the worlds first ever war photographs -
First Color Photograph
The first color photo was taken by James Clerk Maxwell by using three filters - red, blue, and green. -
Emancipation Proclamation
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The Gettysburg Address
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Auguste Rodin's Realistic Statue
Auguste Rodin exhibited his first important work, The Bronze Period, it was so realistic that people thought he had sacrificed a live model inside the cast. -
Van Gogh Painted 'Starry, Starry Night'
Van gogh painted this peice of art while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy. -
Mona Lisa Stolen
When Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stlen from the Louvre in 1912, 6 replicas were sold as the original in the 3 years before the original was recovered. -
Modern Flash Bulb Invented
Gerneral Electric invented the firsl modern flash buld. -
First Space Photograph
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University strapped a 35-millimeter camera to a German V-2 missle and launched it into space. -
Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
