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He created the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. In 1854, Field began to the thought of the idea of it and after several failed attempts, in August 1858 had a significant impact when Queen Victoria sent the first transatlantic message to U.S President James Buchanan inaugurating the invention connecting British North America to Ireland. However, it broke after three weeks. -
On November 24, 1859, he published in England a detailed explanation of his scientific theory in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. It influenced the thinking of physical geographers and became the most ambitious branch of natural sciences saying that populations develop over generations through a process of natural selection. -
He published the first volume of Capital which was a description of how the capitalist system works and how on 14 September 1867 in Germany. Marx argues that an economic system based on private profit is inherently unstable and workers are exploited by factory owners. It’s one of the most influential books because it inspired revolutions in Russia, China and many other countries around the world in the 20th Century. -
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea. It opened on November 17, 1869. It was important because is one of the world’s busiest trade routes and it provides the shortest direct sea link between Asia and Europe without having to go around Africa. -
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and with the help of Thomas A. Watson invented the telephone. Thomas figured out how to transmit a simple current of a human voice over a wire and the telephone made it possible for people to communicate with each other from huge distances. -
On January 1879, in New Jersey, Edison built his first light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb and he was able to produce over 13 continuous hours of light. The importance is that helped us to navigate and travel in the dark and extended the workday in the night. -
From Nov. 15, 1884, to Feb. 26, 1885, in Berlin, the Berlin Conference took place. It was a significant discussion of the African colonization and trade to avoid conflict between the European Powers about the land. -
In 1885, Karl Benz built the world's first practical car to be powered by an internal combustion engine. Benz had so much commercial success with this engine and it has changed the world in how we commute every day, it lasted more and it was faster. -
On December 12, 1901, Marconi received a message sent from England at St. John's, Newfoundland, being the first radio transmission of 2000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. It was important because until then, it was believed impossible to transmit anything further than 200 miles under as it would be blocked by the curvature of the earth. -
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane which was 20 feet above a beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. The brothers began their experimentation in flight in 1896. This invention was significant in the development of new technologies, new ways of battle, modern warfare and it was a more efficient way of travel. -
On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer with his team to stand at the South Pole. By the route, he discovered a glacier later named the Axel Heiberg Glacier. Amundsen and his crew resumed the journey in August 1906 and were greeted as heroes when the expedition concluded in Alaska, beating Robert Falcon Scott his British rival.