Media Timeline By cot925 May 11, 868 Diamond Sutra Jan 1, 1377 Casting And Setting Printing Technique Jan 1, 1476 Chancer's The Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1526 Tyndale’s New Testament Jan 1, 1620 First English Newspaper Jan 1, 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays Jan 1, 1744 First Tabloid Newspaper - Daily Mail Jan 1, 1839 The First Camera Jan 1, 1840 The Modern Computer invented by Charles Babbage Jan 1, 1888 Gramophone Jan 1, 1922 BBC Jan 1, 1927 The First Film With Sound - The Jazz Singer Jan 1, 1945 The Modern Computer invented by Alan Turing Jan 1, 1955 The First Advertisement On Commercial Television - Gibbs SR Toothpaste Jan 1, 1971 VCR Jan 1, 1973 The First Commercial Radio Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft Jan 1, 1983 Breakfast Television Jan 1, 1983 The First CD Player Jan 1, 1994 DVD Feb 4, 2004 Facebook Mar 21, 2006 Twitter Oct 6, 2010 Instagram Sep 1, 2011 Snapchat