transportation history time line

By bee4932
  • 4000 BCE

    4,000 BC-3,000 BC

    4,000 BC-3,000 BC
    The horse is domesticated
  • 3500 BCE

    3500 BC the wheel was invented

    3500 BC the wheel was invented
    The wheel was invented in Iraq and it was made of wood.
  • 3100 BCE

    3100 the sailboat was invented

    3100 the sailboat was invented
    The Europeans created the first sailboat
  • 1718 BCE

    17th - 18th century new transportation was invented

    17th - 18th century new transportation was invented
    New transportation was invented such as bicycles, trains, motor trains, trucks, airplanes, and trams.

  • 1783

    1783
    The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon was invented.

  • 1819

    1819
    The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.

  • 1835

    1835
    The first hansom cab is made in Hinckley.

  • 1863

    1863
    The first underground railway opens in London. On it carriages are pulled by steam trains.

  • 1885

    1885
    The car is invented

  • 1900s

    1900s
    Electric trains began running in many towns

  • 1910

    1910
    Henri Fabre flies the first successful seaplane.

  • 1919

    1919
    Planes began transporting passengers between London and Paris

  • 1952

    1952
    The first passenger jet service starts

  • 1955

    1955
    The first hovercraft was invented.

  • 2008

    2008
    First Tesla was invented which was the first vehicle that could drive itself.