Communication

  • Jun 1, 1049

    First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng.

    First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng.
  • Mar 24, 1450

    Newspapers appear in Europe.

    Newspapers appear in Europe.
  • Mar 24, 1455

    Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.

    Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.
  • Mar 24, 1560

    Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making.

    Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making.
  • First daily newspaper - Leipzig.

    First daily newspaper - Leipzig.
  • Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter.

    Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter.
  • Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore

    Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore (visual or optical) telegraph line.
  • Joseph Nicéphore Niépce achieves the first photographic image.

    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce achieves the first photographic image.
  • Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound box - the first microphone.

    Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound box - the first microphone.
  • Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph.

  • Samuel Morse invents Morse code.

  • Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line.Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.

    Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line.Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.
  • United States starts the Pony Express for mail delivery.Coleman Sellers invents the Kinematoscope - a machine that flashed a series of still photographs onto a screen.

  • American, Sholes the first successful and modern typewriter.

  • Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph - an office copying machine.Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.Melvyl Dewey writes the Dewey Decimal System for ordering library books.

    Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph - an office copying machine.Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.Melvyl Dewey writes the Dewey Decimal System for ordering library books.