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Birth
Born in Berlin, Germany -
Education
Enrolled in the Technische Hochschule and began majoring in civil engineering. -
Graduation
He received his university degree -
Work
He received a job as a structural engineer for the Henschel aircraft company, but quit shortly after to build a computer -
Z1
Zuse completed the Z1 an almost all mechanical computer. -
The War
Zuse was drafted into the German army, he spent months as a soldier, but was eventually released to civilian duty to work again for the Henschel aircraft company. -
Z2 Completed
Zuse completed the Z2 which was not reliable for practical use but the German Aeronautical Research Institute was impressed and commissioned him to work on his Z3. -
Zuse Apparatebau
Konrad Zuse started a company to manufacture his computers; however, it suffered many setbacks from the war. -
Z3 Completed
Z3 was completed, but its limited memory caused the German Aeronautical Research Institute to decide it was not worth using. -
Z4 Production Started
Began work on the Z4 though his progress was slowed by another brief spat as a soldier. -
Z1 Destroyed
His Z1 and its original blueprints were destroyed by a British air raid during World War II -
Wartime difficulties
Zuse moved the Z4 to the Experimental Aerodynamics Institute in Gottingen then again moved it to hiding in a cellar in the Bavarian village of Hinterstein. -
Marriage
Married Gisela Brandes -
Family
His first son, Horst, was born -
Zuse KG
Zuse started his computer manufacturing company -
Z4 Completed
After Zuse cleaned and repaired it, The Z4 became the only working computer on the European mainland, and was housed a the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. -
Buyout
Due to debt Zuse sold his company to Siemens AG -
Calculating Space
He published a book "Calculating Space" which introduces the idea of digital physics suggesting that the universe is running on a computational structure. -
Plankalkul
(Plan Calculus) Zuse's computer language. He considered it the initial algorithmic language and had completed it in 1946, but it was never published or released until much later because of the situation in Berlin. (By the time it was released it was outdated and therefore not popular with programmers. -
Death
