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Timeline of Forensic Discoveries

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  • Mar 15, 710

    Julius Caesar Stabbed to Death

    Julius Caesar Stabbed to Death
    The physician determind that of the 23 stabs only 1 was the cause of death
  • Nov 24, 1247

    First Forensic Book is Published

    First Forensic Book is Published
    Was the first book ever about foresnics written by Song Ci of the Southern Song Dynasty

  • First Person to use Physical Evidence to Connect a Bullet to the Murder Weapon

    First Person to use Physical Evidence to Connect a Bullet to the Murder Weapon
    Scotland Yard's Henry Goddard was the first to link a bullet to the murder weapon

  • Coroner Act of 1887

    Coroner Act of 1887
    The Coroner Act of 1887 chaned the work of Coronors and shifted them towards finding out the cause of death

  • First System For Identifying Fingerprints is Invented

    First System For Identifying Fingerprints is Invented
    Sir Francis Galton a eugenicist created a system for classifying fingerprints

  • First Crime Lab Set up

    First Crime Lab Set up
    First crime lab was set up in France by Edmond Locard in the 1910s.

  • Each Gun is Different

    Each Gun is Different
    Victor Balthazard figures out that each gun is different and the barrel leaves specific markings.

  • Marsh Test was Created

    Marsh Test was Created
    James Marsh created a test to determine if arsenic was used to commit a murder

  • Lie Detector Is created

    Lie Detector Is created
    The first polygraph is invented by John Larson

  • First FBI Crime lab

    First FBI Crime lab
    FBI opens its first cimre lab

  • First National Crime System

    First National Crime System
    FBI establishes the first National Crime Information Center for used to keep records of criminals

  • First DNA profiling test. created

    First DNA profiling test. created
    Sir Alec Jefferies developed this method and wasn't used till 1986 to prove that a man wa guilty