Cell Biology Timeline By ehulsman Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 2010 Cell Biology Timeline Jan 1, 1348 Peak of the Black Death in Europe Jan 1, 1600 First Microscope with single lens Jan 1, 1635 English scientist, Robert Hooke is born Jan 1, 1653 Robert Hooke discovers cells Jan 1, 1665 Great Plague of London (Bubonic Plague) Jan 1, 1673 Van Leeuwenhoek sent letters to British Royal Society describing microscopic observations Jan 1, 1674 Van Leeuwenhoek sent piece of cork with other samples to British Royal Society-observations Jan 1, 1680 Van Leeuwenhoek made the most powerful microscope at that time Jan 1, 1682 Anton Von Leeuwenhoek identifies blood cells Jan 1, 1683 Van Leeuwenhoek’s work became published Jan 1, 1705 Robert Hooke dies Jan 1, 1723 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek dies Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jones develops smallpox vaccine Jan 1, 1817 Cholera Pandemic in Calcutta Jan 1, 1838 Cell Theory is proposed Jan 1, 1839 Theodore Schwann concludes all animals are composed of cells Jan 1, 1868 Multiple Sclerosis recognized Jan 1, 1875 Anthrax identified by Robert Koch Jan 1, 1890 Koch Publishes his 4 postulates Jan 1, 1897 Germana Tomis used red dye observe contents of cells-mitosis Jan 1, 1911 Calvin Melvin, Identifier of Calvin cycle, is born Jan 1, 1918 Influenza Pandemic Jan 1, 1931 First electron microscope is invented Jan 1, 1952 Polio Epidemic Jan 1, 1969 Michael Crichton publishes the Andromeda Strain Jan 1, 1981 First scanning microscope which tunnels objects in the microscope, becomes invented Jan 1, 1981 AIDS identified Jan 1, 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic
