History of Film By s611936 Jan 1, 1832 Phenakistoscope was Invented Jan 1, 1834 Zoetrope was invented Jan 1, 1878 Leland Standford's Bet test Jan 1, 1879 Edward Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope Jan 1, 1888 Invention of Kinetoscope Jan 1, 1888 George Eastman Jan 1, 1894 Creation of Black Maria Jan 1, 1894 First Kinetiscope Parlor Opened in New York Jan 1, 1894 Lumiere Brothers First Movie Screening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQeIRLxaM4 Jan 1, 1894 Fred Ott's Sneeze, the First Pattened Film, was made in the Black Maria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaJ1r0udvQ Dec 31, 1897 Novelty Period Ends Jan 1, 1902 A Trip to the Moon is Released Jan 1, 1903 The Great Train Robbery is Filmed Dec 30, 1903 Iroquois Theatre Burns Down 602 Lives Lost Jan 1, 1910 Division of Labor makes its way to film