ancient timeline

Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.

Mar 1, 776

Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type

Mar 3, 1450

1609 – Early newspapers are published in Germany.

Mar 1, 1609

Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world’s first computer program for a computing machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.

Mar 3, 1830

Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes

Mar 3, 1837

First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable

Mar 1, 1866

Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.

Mar 3, 1876

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.

Mar 3, 1877

First long distance phone calls are made.

Mar 1, 1884

Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.

Mar 3, 1924

Television sets become available to purchase

Feb 28, 1928

1928 – Television sets become available to purchase

First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics

Mar 3, 1963

The Internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.

Mar 3, 1970

The first E-mail messages are sent

Mar 3, 1972

The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented.

Mar 1, 1975

The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message

Mar 3, 1979

The first cell phones are available for sale.

Mar 3, 1982

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

Mar 3, 1990

Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.

Mar 3, 1993

Chinese make paper from rags.

Mar 3, 2005

Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages

Mar 2, 2022