Timeline of Forensic Discoveries

Julius Caesar Stabbed to Death

Mar 15, 710

The physician determind that of the 23 stabs only 1 was the cause of death

First Forensic Book is Published

Nov 24, 1247

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

Aug 16, 1835

Scotland Yard's Henry Goddard was the first to link a bullet to the murder weapon

Coroner Act of 1887

Aug 16, 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

Aug 2, 1892

Sir Francis Galton a eugenicist created a system for classifying fingerprints

First Crime Lab Set up

Oct 10, 1910

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

Each Gun is Different

Jan 18, 1912

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

Marsh Test was Created

May 9, 1930

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

Lie Detector Is created

Sep 16, 1930

The first polygraph is invented by John Larson

First FBI Crime lab

Aug 16, 1932

FBI opens its first cimre lab

First National Crime System

Aug 16, 1967

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

First DNA profiling test. created

Nov 19, 1984

Sir Alec Jefferies developed this method and wasn't used till 1986 to prove that a man wa guilty