Sense of Time

By Alex Carr
  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
    Sumerian Script
  • 2780 BCE

    The Great Pyramids

    The Great Pyramids
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

  • 5 BCE

    Birth of Christ

  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 610

    Islam Founded

  • 904

    Gunpowder

  • 1436

    Printing Press

  • 1492

    Columbus Sails the West Indies

  • Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

  • American Independence

    American Independence

  • Steam Locomotive (train)

  • Civil War Ends

  • Typewriter Invented

  • Telephone Invented

  • Phonograph Invented

  • Light Bulb Invented

    Light Bulb Invented

  • Coco-cola

    Coco-cola

  • Diesel Engine

    Patent Year

  • Wright Bros. Flight

  • Ford's Model T

  • WWI

  • Motion Pictures: "Birth of a Nation" Debuts

  • Transatlantic Flight Made

  • First Radio Station

  • Television Invented

    Television Invented

  • WWII Begins

  • Atomic Bombs Dropped On Japan

  • Polio Vaccine Made

    Polio Vaccine Made

  • McDonalds Founded

    McDonalds Founded

  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch

  • Moonlanding

  • "Pong" Debuts

    "Pong" Debuts

  • Betamax

    Betamax

  • VHS

    VHS

  • PC Wins Time's Magazine "Man of the Year"

  • CD Invented

  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

  • World Wide Web Invented

  • Nanotubes Invented

    Nanotubes Invented

  • Cloning of Dolly

  • Netflix Streaming

  • iPod Debuts (Hard Drive)

    iPod Debuts (Hard Drive)

  • iPhone Invented

    iPhone Invented

  • Today

    Today