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Thomas Wedgwood (pictured) and Humphry Davy experimented with light-sensitive chemicals to create images, however, they were not permanent.
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Mary Shelly's famous novel, "Frankenstein" is published.
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First known photograph. Taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
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First negative photograph. Taken by Henry Fox Talbot in Lacock Abbey.
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The beginning of Queen Victoria's reign which marked the start of the Victorian Era.
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First photograph to capture a person. Take by Louis Daguerre in Paris.
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The first known photo book is created with cyanotypes of british algae by Anna Atkins.
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Henry Fox Talbot studied photography as an art form and incorporated light and shadows in photographs like "The Haystack".
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The safety pin is invented and a patent is issued to Walter Hunt who then sold the patent to W. R. Grace and Co. for $400.
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Taken by Roger Fenton after the Crimean War.
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Taken by Oscar Rejlander, this photograph is an early example of "tableux vivants" (living pictures).
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Photo of Alice Liddell as "The Beggar Maid" taken by Lewis Carroll.
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln take by Mathew Brady.
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The American Civil War began between the Union and the Confederacy.
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Taken by Alexander Gardner.
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Wet collodion print taken by Alexander Gardner who admittedly staged the photo on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is published.
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Alfred Nobel patents his invention of dynamite.
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Albumen print of John Herschel taken by Julia Margaret Cameron.
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Yellowstone National park becomes the very first national park signed into law.
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The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor as a gift to the U.S, from France.
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George Eastman founded his company, Kodak, which produced commercially available, easy to use cameras that used his roll film invention.
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Taken by Paul Strand who helped popularize straight photography.
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Alfred Stieglitz took many symbolic photos of cloud formations that he called "Equivalents".
