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George Eastman, a high-school dropout from rural New York, goes to London to obtain a patent on his plate-coating machine.
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Eastman leases the third floor of a building on State Street in Rochester, New York, and begins to make dry plates for sale.
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Eastman and businessman Henry Strong form a partnership called the Eastman Dry Plate Company.
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The name Kodak is born and the Kodak camera is placed on the market, with the slogan: “You Press The Button - We Do The Rest.”
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The 100,000th Kodak camera is manufactured. The pocket Kodak camera sold for $5.
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Brownie camera is introduced — sells for $1.
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Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey, the present parent company, is formed. George Eastman becomes president. Strong remains the head of the New York company until his death in 1919.
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George Eastman gifts one-third of his Kodak stock - worth roughly $10 million at the time - to employees.
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Establishes a chemicals subsidiary to supply acetic acid and other photographic chemicals to Kodak.
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Introduces its first motion picture film designed for making movies with soundtracks.
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Buys a gelatin manufacturing plant in Peabody, Massachusetts, and forms Eastman Gelatin Corporation.
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George Eastman, suffering from a painful spinal disorder, commits suicide with a bullet to the heart. He leaves a note that says: “My work is done. Why wait?”
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Invents the world’s first digital camera, a toaster-sized image sensor that captured rough hues of black and white.
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Celebrates 100th anniversary. Enters the clinical diagnostic market.
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Sales cross the $10 billion mark.
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Spins off its chemicals business, Eastman Chemical Co (EMN.N), to help pay down debt.
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Stock touches all-time high of $94.38. The stock closed at $0.55 on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Sells digital printer, copier/duplicator and roller assembly operations to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HDDG.DE).
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Kodak kicked off the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It had been a member since 1930.
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Ranked No. 1 in U.S. digital camera sales.
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The last year Kodak turns an annual profit.
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Decides to suspend cash dividends
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By the end 2010, Kodak has equivalent of 18,800 full-time employees. Its digital camera market share has fallen to 7 percent, ranking seventh behind Canon Inc (7751.T), Sony Corp (SNE.N) (6758.T), Nikon Corp (7731.T) and others, according to IDC.
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Kodak borrows $160 million against its credit line, raising fears about its liquidity.
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Kodak says it has hired restructuring experts
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Warns that it may need to raise new debt or complete a multibillion-dollar patent sale to survive the next 12 months.
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New York Stock Exchange warns Kodak its shares may be delisted.
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Kodak announces a new business structure that divides its film group into its two other business units.
