Sign Language Timeline

By LynnComm77
  • 550

    St. Augustine tells early Christians deaf people are signs of Gods anger at parents sins

    A.D. 345-550- St. Augustine tells early Christians that deaf people are a sign of Gods anger at their parents sins.
  • Geronimo Cardono teaches his deaf son using symbols
    Jan 1, 1500

    Geronimo Cardono teaches his deaf son using symbols

    Geronimo Cardono teaches his deaf son using symbols
  • Abbe Charles Michel de L'Epee discovered first free school for the deaf

    Abbe Charles Michel de L'Epee discovered first free school for the deaf

    Abbe Charles Michel de L’Epee of Paris discovered the first free school for deaf students. The deaf people learned hand signs and finger spelling.

  • Abbe Charles Michel de L’Epee publishes French sign langauge dictionary.

    Abbe Charles Michel de L’Epee publishes the French Sign Language dictionary.

  • First school for the deaf founded

    1817- First school for the deaf was founded by Laurent Clerc in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Sign Language Predicition

    Sign Language Predicition

    I predict that if you are deaf you can have a chip in your brain and transfer into a headband that would talk out loud and say what you want to say!