Forensic Science

By andresdlc07
  • 601 BCE

    7th Century

    Use of fingerprints for the first time.
  • 201 BCE

    3rd Century

    Earliest use of Forensic Science, happened in China to solve a murder.
  • 1248

    13th Century

    First forensic science book was published by the Chinese. Used to solve criminal cases.

  • 17th Century

    First pathology reports

  • 17th Century

    Marcello Malpighi. Had the notion of the finger characteristics, but didn't understand its real purpose.

  • 18th Century

    Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Made possible to detect Arsenic in corpses.

  • 18th Century

    Physical evidence used in criminal cases.

  • 19th Century

    Valentin Ross. Made a more reliable device to detect small amount of Arsenic in corpses.

  • 19th Century

    Mathieu Orfilla. Father of Forensic Toxicology.

  • 19th Century

    Invention of the Polarized Light Microscope.

  • 19th Century

    First microscopic detection of sperm.

  • 19th Century

    First use of photos in identification.

  • 19th Century

    First presumptive test for blood.

  • 19th Century

    Alphonse Bertillon. Considered the "Father of the Mugshot" way to identify people by physical appearance.

  • 19th Century

    Henry Faulds and William James Herschel described the uniqueness of fingerprints.

  • 19th Century

    Francis Henry Galton. Developed a classification system for fingerprints.

  • 19th Century

    Hans Gross. Published Criminal Investigations.

  • 20th Century

    Karl Landsteiner. Discovered ABO blood typing.

  • 20th Century

    Albert Osborn. Published "Questioned Documents".

  • 20th Century

    Hair is now being used in forensics. First legal case using hair as evidence.

  • 20th Century

    Victor Balthazar. Developed methods to match bullets to guns.

  • 20th Century

    John Larson invented the polygraph, later introduced in police stations.

  • 20th Century

    Crime experts build lab, FBI established its own laboratory.

  • 20th Century

    James Marsh. Considered the first "Expert Witness".

  • 20th Century

    Edmond Locard. Developed Locard's Exchange Principle.

  • 20th Century

    Voice recordings are now being used as evidence.

  • 20th Century

    First National Crime System established by the FBI.

  • 20th Century

    Advances in DNA lead to conviction. This evidence cleared the main subject in the case.

  • 20th Century

    Sir Alec Jeffreys. Developed first DNA profiling test.

  • 20th Century

    Walter McCrone. Examined the famous Shroud of Turin and the Vinland Map

  • 20th Century

    National Academy of Sciences announces that DNA is reliable evidence.

  • 21st Century

    Japanese researchers developed a way to identify a person through dental x-ray.