History of communications

By coreyhermann
  • Sep 6, 776

    Homing pigeons carry messages

    Homing pigeons carry messages
    Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.
  • Sep 6, 1450

    Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press

    Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type

  • Early newspapers are published

    Early newspapers are published
    Early newspapers are published in Germany.

  • Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world’s first computer program

    Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world’s first computer program
    Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world’s first computer program for a computing machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.

  • – Samuel Morse invents a telegraph

    – Samuel Morse invents a telegraph
    – Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes”.

  • First successful transmissions

    First successful transmissions
    First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.

  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.

  • First long distance phone calls

    First long distance phone calls
    First long distance phone calls are made

  • Pictures are first transmitted

    Pictures are first transmitted
    Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines

  • First communications satellite is launched

    First communications satellite is launched
    First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.

  • The Internet is invented by the U.S. goverment

    The Internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.

  • The first E-mail messages are sent

    The first E-mail messages are sent
    The first E-mail messages are sent

  • The personal computer is invented

    The personal computer is invented
    The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented

  • The first emoticon is used

    The first emoticon is used
    The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message

  • The first cell phones are available

    The first cell phones are available
    The first cell phones are available for sale

  • Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

  • Marc Anderson creates the first browser program

    Marc Anderson creates the first browser program
    Marc Anderson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.

  • Chinese make paper

    Chinese make paper
    Chinese make paper from rags

  • Chinese develop postal system

    Chinese develop postal system
    Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages