history of comeputers By Activeking Jan 1, 1623 Blaise Pascal was born Nov 18, 1642 Pascaline was invented Nov 18, 1646 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born Jan 1, 1662 Blaise Pascal died Nov 18, 1671 Step Reckoner was invented Nov 18, 1716 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz died Nov 18, 1791 Charles Babbage was born Nov 18, 1815 Augusta Ada Lovelace was born Nov 18, 1825 train was invented Nov 18, 1833 Difference engine was invented Nov 18, 1852 Augusta Ada Lovelace died Nov 18, 1860 Herman Hollerith was born Nov 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died Nov 18, 1876 telephone was invented Nov 18, 1886 Car was invented Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Nov 18, 2012 history timeline Nov 18, 1905 Tommy Flowers was born Nov 18, 1905 Vacuum tubes was invented Nov 18, 1907 Abacus was invented Nov 18, 1912 Alan Turing was born Nov 18, 1929 Herman Hollerith died Nov 18, 1947 Transistor was invented Nov 18, 1949 EDSAC was invented Nov 18, 1950 Steve Wozniak was born Nov 18, 1954 Alan Turing died Nov 18, 1955 Bill Gates was born Nov 18, 1955 Tim Berners Lee was born Nov 18, 1961 IC was invented Nov 18, 1971 CPU was invented Nov 18, 1993 WWW (World Wide Web) was invented Nov 18, 1994 Smart phone was invented Nov 18, 1998 Tommy Flowers died