A Sense of Time

By cjmoore
  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
  • 2500 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

    The Great Pyramid
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Death of Alexander the Great
  • Period: 6 BCE to 4 BCE

    Birth of Christ

  • 142

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 610

    Islam Founded

  • 1440

    Printing Press (Gutenberg)

    Printing Press (Gutenberg)
  • 1492

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

  • Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

  • American Independence

    American Independence

  • Steam Locomotive

    Steam Locomotive

  • U.S. Civil War Ends

  • Typewriter

    Typewriter

  • Telephone

  • Phonograph

  • Light Bulb

  • Coca-Cola

  • Diesel Engine

  • Wright Bros. Fly

  • Ford’s Model T

  • World War I

  • Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

  • First Radio Station

  • Television (Philo F.)

  • Transatlantic Flight

  • World War II Begins

  • A-Bombs dropped on Japan

  • Polio Vaccine (Salk)

  • McDonald’s

  • Sputnik Launch

  • Moonlanding

  • Pong Debuts

  • Betamax

  • PC wins Time Magazine “Man of the Year”

  • CD

  • VHS

  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

  • World Wide Web

  • Nanotubes

  • Cloning of Dolly

  • iPod debuts (hard drive)

  • iPhone debuts

  • Netflix Streaming

  • Today