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1822: English Mathmatician Charles Babbage creates a driven calculating machine that is able to compute tables of number. The project was funded by the English government, but the project failed.
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1890: Herman Hollerith designed the Punch Card System to calcute the 1880 census and saved the government about $5 million.
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Physics and Mathematics Professor J.V. Antanastoff, attempts to build the first computer without numerous tool such as gears, cams, belts, and shafts
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John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert build the ENIAC (Electronical Numerical Integrator and Calculator). It is considered the Grandfather of Computers as it fills a 20 foot by 40 foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes.
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce introduce the "integrated circuit", also known as the computer chip.
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Douglas Engelbart introduces the "Modern Computer" with a mouse and a GUI. This also marks the point where computers weren't specialized for mathmaticians and scientists, but to a more broader public audience.
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Through 1970 and 1971,The company Intel 1103 has created the DRAM (Dyamic Access Memory) and Alan Shugart and his team have created the floppy disk to share data among computers.
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Robert Metcalfe, part of the company Xerox, develops ethernet ports to be able to connect multiple computers and other hardware
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On April Fools Day, Steve Jobs and Steve Wonziak has created the "Apple I".
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak introduce the company "Apple" and create the Apple II. The Apple II offers color graphios and includes an audio cassette drive.
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As many other computers were being made by different companys. IBM has created a computer with a optional color monitor, Microsofts MS-DOS operating system, and intel chip, and 2 floppy disks.
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Microsoft unveils their project 'Windows" as a response to Apples GUI.
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As PC'S evolve, so do video games as many games release on PC such as Magic Carpet and Theme Park
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Apple tries to file a lawsuit agaisnt Microsoft because they said that they "copied the look and feel of it'. In the end Microsoft pays Apple 150 million dollars to make up to it
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Sony reveals the Play Station 2, a gaming system with its own OS and works by putting CDS and DVDS into the Disk Slot that have the games burnt into them.
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Apple introduces many other handheld and home computers such as the MacBook Pro, the Macintosh, the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and 4S, iPhone 5 and 5S, and the iPhone 6 and 6+.
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Microsoft continues its battles with Apple by also bringing out the Windows OS which many computer use now, Windows Phones, Windows 7 8 and 10, they also have gone into video games and created the XBOX. the XBOX 360, and the XBOX One.
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As Sony progresses through time, they have create many things also such as TVS, Laptops, Computers, Monitors, and Camera's. They have also gone into video games to compete against Microsoft as they created the Playstation 2, 3, and 4.
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