History of Engineering

By Christianhay
  • 1 BCE

    2700

    2700
    Egyptian pyramids are built in Giza, Egypt
  • 1 BCE

    200

    200
    The Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    500 - 1600 AD

    Medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe Spain lasted this long
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1165 - 1345

    The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral started building 1163 and was completed in 1345 AD
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    1382 - 1458

    Mariano di Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the Renaissance
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1712

    The Newcomen stream engine was installed
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1714

    The British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1764

    The first cotton mill opened in England
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1960

    Transistors were widely used in computers
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1769

    The water frame spinned cotton into thread using water machinery
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1781

    He developed a version of an engine that could drive factory machines
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1792

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1807

    Robert Fulton completed 146 foot long streamship
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1814

    Freidrich Koeing invented a stream powered printing press
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1862 - 1869

    Time Transcontinental Railroad was created, linked Omaha Nebraska with Sacramento, CA
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1870

    Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy from a steam engine into electrical energy , provided efficient methods of generating electricity
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1881

    Thomas Edison light system was installed in New York City
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1892

    George Westinghouse's AC system becomes primary method of electrical distribution
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1894

    Guglie Marconi began experimenting with radio transmitters with the goal of wireless telegraphy
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1903

    Wright Brothers complete the first powered flight
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1903

    Henry Ford created the Ford Motor Company
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1919

    The RCA was formed
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1926

    The RCA formed the NBC
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1940

    Experimental computers are created and tested
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1951

    The first Univac 1 computer was sold for over 1,000,000 to the U's Consensus Agency
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1971

    Microprocessors invented by Intel and Texas Industries
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1981

    IBM introduced the PC into the market
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1989

    Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at this point
  • Period: 1 BCE to 1 BCE

    1990

    Computers became more common in homes