Computer Timeline

The First Computer Engineer

Jul 31, 1821

Charles Babbage was the first computer engineer.
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

The First Computer

Jul 31, 1822

The first computer was a HUGE calculator.
https://theconversation.com/what-was-the-first-computer-122164

The first phone

Jul 16, 1850

Invented by Antonio Meucci.
https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/#:~:text=While%20Italian%20innovator%20Antonio%20Meucci,for%20the%20device%20in%201876.

The first camera

Aug 8, 1888

The Camera was called a 'Kodak'.
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Kodak-camera

The First computer

Jul 2, 1928

Was called the W3XK.
https://www.wired.com/2007/07/dayintech-0702-2/

The first TV ad

Jul 1, 1941

The first TV ad cost 4 to 9 dollars.
https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/promo-university/history-of-tv-ads.htm

The First "Bug"

Sep 9, 1947

The first bug was literally a bug.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/sep9/worlds-first-computer-bug/

The first gaming computer

May 5, 1951

Was called 'Nimrod'.
https://www.wired.com/2010/06/replay/

The first computer game

Jul 29, 1962

The first computer game was called SpaceWar!
https://www.jesperjuul.net/thesis/2-historyofthecomputergame.html

The first VR

Jan 31, 1968

The first VR was created by Ivan Sutherland.
https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html#:~:text=In%201968%20Ivan%20Sutherland%20and,ceiling%20(hence%20its%20name).

The First Computer Chip

Mar 1, 1971

The "Intel 4004" was the first computer chip.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/chip-hall-of-fame-intel-4004-microprocessor#:~:text=The%20Intel%204004%20was%20the,dominance%20in%20the%20processor%20industry.

The first Nintendo product

Jan 19, 1977

The first Nintendo product was called the color TV game.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html

The first online shopping website

Aug 18, 1979

The first online shopping "Site" was connecting a TV to a computer.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-online-shopping/

The first mother board

Dec 6, 1981

The first mother board was called a planer.
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/mothboar.htm#:~:text=a%20computer%20motherboard.-,What%20was%20the%20first%20motherboard%3F,planar%22%20instead%20of%20a%20motherboard.

The First Search Engine

Aug 19, 1993

The first search engine was Jumpstation.
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/how-search-worked-before-google-1703.html#:~:text=The%20very%20first%20search%20engines,they%20found%20to%20a%20database.