Communication Methods Timeline

By WillHardie181
  • 1300 BCE

    Cave Paintings

    Cave Paintings
    These paintings were the first form of communication

  • First Telegraph

    First Telegraph
    The first telegraph was sent by Baron Schilling von Canstatt.

  • First Long Distance Telephone Call

    First Long Distance Telephone Call
    Alexander Bell makes the first two-way long distance telephone call between Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Morse Code Sent Over Radio

    Morse Code Sent Over Radio
    British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge demonstrated the reception of Morse code signalling using radio waves using a "coherer".

  • First Public Radio Broadcast

    First Public Radio Broadcast
    Reginald Fessenden used an Alexanderson alternator and rotary spark-gap transmitter to make the first radio audio broadcast, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts.