A Sense of Time

By KurtisThao
  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
  • Period: 2550 BCE to 2490 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

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

    Birth of Christ

  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 610

    Islam Founded

    Islam Founded
  • 904

    Gunpowder

  • 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

    U.S. Civil War Ends

  • Typewriter

    Typewriter

  • Telephone

    Telephone

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph

  • Light Bulb

    Light Bulb

  • Coca-Cola

    Coca-Cola

  • Diesel Engine (Patent Year)

    Diesel Engine (Patent Year)

  • Wright Bros. Fly

    Wright Bros. Fly

  • Ford’s Model T

    Ford’s Model T
  • Period: to

    World War I

  • Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

    Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

  • Transatlantic Flight

    Transatlantic Flight

  • First Radio Station

    First Radio Station

  • Television (Philo F.)

    Television (Philo F.)

  • World War II Begins

    World War II Begins

  • A-Bombs dropped on Japan

    A-Bombs dropped on Japan

  • Polio Vaccine (Salk)

    Polio Vaccine (Salk)

  • McDonald’s

    McDonald’s

  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched

  • Moonlanding

    Moonlanding

  • Pong Debuts

    Pong Debuts

  • Betamax

    Betamax

  • VHS

    VHS

  • PC wins Time Magazine “Man of the Year”

    PC wins Time Magazine “Man of the Year”

  • CD

    CD

  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

    Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

  • Nanotubes

    Nanotubes

  • Cloning of Dolly

    Cloning of Dolly

  • iPod debuts (hard drive)

    iPod debuts (hard drive)

  • iPhone debuts

    iPhone debuts

  • Netflix Streaming

  • Today