Evolution&History By Macbeth033 Period: Feb 28, 1600 to Feb 28, 2012 Everything Feb 28, 1608 Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope. Feb 28, 1608 Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope. Feb 28, 1642 Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine. Feb 28, 1650 Otto von Guericke invents a air pump. Feb 28, 1660 A close up view of "Spontaneous Regeneration" Feb 28, 1675 Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch. Feb 28, 1679 Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker. Feb 28, 1701 Jethro Tull invents the seed drill. Feb 28, 1735 Linnaeus's Systema Naturae Charts Life Feb 28, 1749 Comte de Buffon Proposes That Living Creatures Evolve According to Natural Laws Feb 28, 1769 James Watt invents an improved steam engine. Feb 28, 1774 Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph Feb 28, 1780 Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses. Feb 28, 1785 Claude Berthollet invents chemical bleaching. Feb 28, 1809 Darwin's Birth Feb 28, 1831 Beagle Voyage Feb 28, 1865 Evolution Accepted Feb 28, 1870 Fabulous Fossisles Further Prove Evolution Feb 28, 1882 Darwin Buried in Westminster Abbey Feb 28, 1900 Mendel's Laws of Heredity Rediscovered Feb 28, 1901 King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor. Feb 28, 1908 Model T first sold. Feb 28, 1919 The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite. Apr 28, 1925 Tennessee Law Bans Teaching Human Evolution