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Konrad Zuse

By Caden Gortmaker

  • Birth

    Konrad Zuse is born in Berlin, Germany.
  • Konrad enters the Technische Hochschule of Charlottenburg School.

    Konrad enters the Technische Hochschule of Charlottenburg School.

    Here he decides that he wants to take courses in Civil Engineering in the hopes of building computers someday.
  • Period: to

    The Great Depression

    In 1929-1939 the great depression occurs.
  • Graduation

    Graduation

    In the year 1935, he graduated from Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg in Civil Engineering.
  • Period: to

    The Z1

    Zuse builds the first program-controlled computer out of modern equipment.
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    In 1939 Germany attacks Poland in a campaign to take over the world.
  • The Z2

    The Z2

    In 1940 Mr. Zuse creates the Z2. The photographs and plans of which were destroyed by an allied bombing during world War 2.
  • Z3

    Z3

    Konrad makes the Z3 which is the first fully functional programmable computer.
  • The Z4

    The Z4

    Zuse Apparatebau company produces the first Z4 computer device.
  • The S1

    The S1

    The S1 was created in 1942 to calculate the measurements for aircraft wings.
  • Period: to

    Plankalkül

    Konrad Zuse (while working on the Z3 and 4) starts work on a way to command his machines in a more powerful way.
  • The end of World War 2

    The end of World War 2

    World War 2 ends with the surrender of Japan and the death of Adolf Hitler.
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War

    The Korean war starts in South Korea.
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

    The US deploys troops into Vietnam to start the Vietnam War.
  • Death

    Death

    Konrad Zuse dies on December 18th, 1995.