Thomas Alva Edison's most impornant awards By WISEWIT Feb 11, 1847 Thomas Edison is born 1876 Thomas moves his laboratory to Menlo Park 1877 Phonograph Invention 1878 Thomas creates a company 1879 Lightbulb prototype Oct 21, 1880 Thomas Edison patents and perfects the incandescent lamp 1882 Thomas invents eletric centrals 1883 Thomas discovers that electricity can travel through specific materials Period: 1887 to 1893 Currents War (aprox.) 1892 General electric is founded 1907 Thomas Invents the dictaphone Oct 18, 1931 Thomas Edison's death