History of Morse Code

Electric telegraph was invented

1832

Morse Code was invented

1836

First demonstration in a University classroom

1837

Samuel creates a friendship with Dr. Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail

1837

They helped him significantly with the telegraph

Samuel changed the telegraphic dictionary

1838

he made a code for each letter instead of using number codes to represent words

Samuel demonstrated the telegraph to President Martin Van Buren

1838

Samuel is given a patent for his telegraph

1840

Samuel is given a patent for his telegraph

1840

Samuel and Dr. Gale experiment underwater transmission

1842

Samuel was given $30,000 to string wires from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 3, 1843

Samuel sends the first telegraphed message

May 24, 1844

It was from the Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C., to the Railroad Depot in Baltimore, Maryland.

First arrest via telegraph

1845

John Tawell was found guilty of murdering his wife

First arrest via telegraph

1845

John Tawell was found guilty of murdering his wife

European nations created International Morse Code

1851

IMC included letters with diacritic marks