Charles Babbage By sdesmarais Dec 2, 1791 Charles Babbage was born December 26 in London, England Dec 2, 1814 He married Georgiana Whitmore, they had eight children, but only three lived to adulthood Dec 2, 1816 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and founded the astronomical Society Dec 2, 1817 He recieved MA from Cambridge Dec 2, 1821 He began work on the Difference Engine, intended to compile and print mathematical tables Dec 2, 1822 He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir Humphrey Davy Dec 2, 1827 He published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000 Dec 2, 1831 He founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science Dec 2, 1832 A small portion of the Difference Engine, completed by Babbage's engineer, Joseph Clement Dec 2, 1832 He published "Economy of Manufactures and Machinery" Dec 2, 1833 He began work on the Analytical Engine, intended to proform any mathematical task Dec 2, 1837 Conceptual design for Analytical Engine completed Dec 2, 1842 Begins work designing the Differences Engine No.2 Dec 2, 1854 George Schertz, constructed a machine based on the designs for the Difference Engine Dec 2, 1856 The design of the Analytical Engine completed, uses Jacquard's punch card idea for programming Dec 2, 1864 He published "Passage from the Life of a Philosopher" Oct 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died October 18, 1871 in London, England