Timeline: Alexander Graham Bell Timeline

Mar 3, 1847

Bell's Date Of Birth

Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland.(American Inventors).

Nov 4, 1856

15th U.S President Elected

James Buchanan is elected 15th U.S president.(onthisday)

Jan 1, 1862

Bell and His Brothers Help Their Father

Bell and his two brothers started to help their father out in public demonstrations of visible speech.(American Inventors).

Jan 1, 1863

Bell's Family Moves To London

Bell's family moves to London but he stays to enroll at Weston House to as a student-teacher.(http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell)

Jan 1, 1865

Bell Makes Studies

Bell makes scientific studies of the vibration of the mouth while speaking.(http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497)

Jan 1, 1868

Bell Takes Over

Bell takes over his father's business and he begins to help people with impaired hearing.(American Inventors).

Jan 1, 1870

Family Sickness

Both of Bell's brothers die from tuberculosis and he himself is in poor health.(http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497)

Jan 1, 1872

Bell Opens School

Bell opens a school for teachers of the hearing impaired in Boston.(http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497)

Jan 1, 1873

Bell Experiments With The Telephone

From 1873-1876 Bell experiments with many inventions including the telephone.(The Invention of The Telegraph and Telephone).

Mar 3, 1875

1st Hockey Game

1st hockey game recored in Montreal.(onthisday)

Jan 1, 1876

Bell Invents The Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell recieves the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone.Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Graham Bell, and Elisha Gray, and others, have all been credited with the telephone's invention.(The Invention Of The Telegraph And Telegraph).

Jan 16, 1889