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Konrad Zuse was born.
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In 1927 Konrad Zuse attended the Technische Hochschule of Berlin- Charlottenburg where he took civil engineering courses.
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In 1934 Zuse gained interest in machinery and started developing a mechanical device used to make calculations.
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Zuse graduated from the Technische Hochschule of Berlin- Charlottenburg in 1935
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In 1938 he finally finished the development of his calculation device. This machine was called the Z1
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In 1939 Zuse was chosen to serve in the military and during his time in the military he developed his Z2 computer.
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In 1941 Zuse completed the development of the Z3 computer in which he developed to actually be used in comparison to his other computers in which he used to test his ideas.
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Zuse began to build his Z4 computer in 1942.
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On this day the blueprints of the Z1 and the machine itself was destroyed by a British Air Raid in WWII. This raid also destroyed his parents property.
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In 1950 Zuse's Z4 was taken to Switzerland where it was use at the ETH in Zurich.
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In 1964 Zuse won the Werner Von Siemens Ring along with Fritz Leonhardt and Walter Schottky.
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In 1965 Zuse and George Stibitz won the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
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In 1969 Zuse's computer company was taken over by by Siemens.
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In 1972 Zuse won the Bundesverdienstkreuz award which is a German Merit award
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On December 18, 1995 Konrad Zuse died of heart failure in Hünfeld, Germany
