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Peter Roget
Peter Roget presented his paper 'The persistence of vision with regard to moving objects' to the British Royal Society. -
Emile Renynaud
Emile Renynaud, combining his earlier invention of the praxinoscope with a projector, opens the Theatre Optique in the Musee Grevin. It displays an animation of images painted on long strips of celluloid. -
Emile Cohl
Emile Cohl makes En Route the first paper cutout animation. This technique saves time by not having to redraw each new cell, only reposition the paper. -
El Apostol
The first feature-length animated film called "El Apostol" is created in Argentina. -
Steam Boat Willie
Walt Disney created the first cartoon with synchronized sound called "Steam Boat Willy".