Computer class timeline

450

450

Chinese invent printing by inking carved wood blocks
- Made in Jin Dynasty
- Now appears in Tang Dynasty.

776 BC

Jun 7, 776

Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.
- The pigeons told names of victors
- The pigeons told names of contstants

1450

Jun 7, 1450

Johann Gutenburg invents the printing press using a moveable metal type.
-The first thing printed was a diomand sitra
-it was first invented in china

1609

Jun 7, 1609

Early newspapers are published in Germany.

- Created by Johann Carolus.
- Was first printed in German language.

1792

Jun 7, 1792

Mechanical semaphore is invented in France,
-It was invented by the chappa brothers
-It was composed of two black hands

1830

Jan 1, 1830

Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world's first computer program for a computering machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.
- Never able to build.
- Was a nine year project.

1837

Jun 7, 1837

Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and lond beeps called "dots" and "dashes."
- First one was sent from Washington D.C.
- It was named after him, the creator. (Samuel Morse)

1866

Jun 7, 1866

First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable.
- It was used for telegraph communications.
- Different types were made over a 9 year period.

1876

Jun 7, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.
- Got helped by Elisha Gray.
- Bell won for the telephone.

1877

Jun 7, 1877

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.
-He was the first person that found a way to record sound
-At first it was originally called "The Talking Machine"

1884

Jun 6, 1884

First long distance phone calls are made.
- First made March 27th.
- Installed in the white house.

1901

Jun 7, 1901

Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio across the Atlantic Ocean.
- It was an experiment.
- It was a crude design.

1924

Jun 7, 1924

Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.
-The machines are called fax machines
-It allows you to share without printing

1928

Jun 7, 1928

Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.
- They began as simple as display tubes.
- It took many decades to perfect.

1963

Jun 7, 1963

First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broardcast of the 1964 Olympics.
-It was helpful to the war fighters
-The second satellite was launched by the dod

1970

Jun 7, 1970

The internet is invented by the U.S. goverment as a means of military communication.

1972

Jun 7, 1972

The first E-mail messages are sent.
-The people were part aof a group theat sent the e-mail
-at first the mailbox had a particuler name

1975

Jan 1, 1975

The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented,

1979

Jun 7, 1979

The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.
- They were used to display emotions that could not be said.
- The " :) " was made in 1972

1982

Jun 7, 1982

The first cell phones are available for sale.
- First sold for $3,995
- Was a "brick"

1990

Jun 7, 1990

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

1993

Jun 7, 1993

Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program allowing people to navigate the Web.

105

Jun 8, 2005

Chinese make paper from rags.
-Built in A.D times
-Started in Korea

900 B.C.

Mar 2, 2022

Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages.
- Since mid 19 century
- Needs proof of postage

900

Mar 2, 2022

Byzantine ship captains use colored flags to send signals to one another across the water.
- So only they could understand
- The navy began to decline, and use morse code

3500 BC

Jun 7, 3500

Sumerians record pictographs representing words on clay tablets.

45,000 BC

Jun 7, 4500

Neanderthal man carves a picture on a wooly mammoth tooth.