transportation history time line

By bee4932
  • 4,000 BC-3,000 BC
    4000 BCE

    4,000 BC-3,000 BC

    The horse is domesticated
  • 3500 BC the wheel was invented
    3500 BCE

    3500 BC the wheel was invented

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

    3100 the sailboat was invented

    The Europeans created the first sailboat
  • 17th - 18th century new transportation was invented
    1718 BCE

    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.