Thomas Edison Timeline

By Am40

  • When he was born

    When he was born
    Thomas was born in Milan, Ohio.

  • First job

    First job
    Thomas sold newspapers and sundries on a train between Port Huron, Michigan and Detroit.

  • First invention

    First invention
    He patents in first invention, in Boston

  • Gets married

    Gets married
    On Christmas Day Thomas marries Mary Stilwell

  • Quadruplex telegraph

    Quadruplex telegraph
    He invents the Quadruplex telegraph, sending messages over a mire at the same time.

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    He wrapped a piece of foil around a cylinder, and it recites Mary Had a Little Lamb back to him.

  • First light

    First light
    They first made a light bulb that lasted for more than 13 hours

  • Lights

    Lights
    Discovers and experiments with electrical discharge inside lamp called Edison Effect basis of the vacuum tube

  • Mary's passing

    Mary's passing
    Mary Stilwell dies at the age of 29

  • Marries again

    Marries again
    He re-marries Mina Miller and has 3 more children with her.

  • New laboratory

    New laboratory
    He opens a newer, larger laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey

  • Motion pictures

    Motion pictures
    Thomas starts working on a motion picture

  • Ruber

    Ruber
    Thomas attempts to find alternative sources of rubber.

  • Fires

    Fires
    Fires swept through the area and burnt down the new lab, so he has to start fresh at the age 84

  • Dies

    Dies
    Dies October 18, West Orange, New Jersey. At age 84