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First bound books
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Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter.
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George Eastman patents Kodak roll film camera.
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Romans establish postal services.
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first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius.
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Apple I home computer invented.
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Cellular telephones in cars become wide-spread.
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First daily newspaper - Leipzig.
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The Phoenicians develop an alphabet.
The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets.
The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing.