The History of CSI By savannahwi 1814 Mathieu Orfila Writes First Toxicology Book Period: Nov 11, 1821 to Feb 9, 1881 Fyodor Dostoyevsky CSI 1828 Invention of the Polarizing Light Microscope 1836 First time Toxicology was used at a Trial 1882 Invention of the Bertillion System 1905 Police Start Fingerprinting Criminals 1917 First Palm Print Identification 1925 Foundation of the Bureau of Forensic Ballistics 1980 First Computer Fingerprint Database Period: 2000 to 2018 Modern CSI 2007 Footwear Detection 2011 New X-Ray Machine for Dental Matching System Takes four seconds or less.