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Timeline Of Communication Technology
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1. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing
1889
1835
3500s BC
1877
2. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1977
1994
1876
1831
3. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection
1843
1966
1947
1971
4. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1963
1889
1989
16th century BC
5. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1793
1977
1949
1969
6. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing
7th century
1305
1520
1992
7. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun
1963
1835
1844
AD 26-37
8. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1966
1835
16th century BC
1849
9. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply
1849
1844
1963
1831
10. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing
1977
1843
1876
3500s BC
11. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
105
1971
1849
1844
12. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1963
16th century BC
1994
AD 26-37
13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1963
1989
1901
105
14. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1971
1994
1843
105
15. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1835
1966
1958
1963
16. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
1835
751
16th century BC
3500s BC
17. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
1450
1947
1989
1876
18. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
1925
16th century BC
1844
1958
19. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1793
1876
1843
1963
20. Internet2 organization created
1969
3500s BC
1992
7th century
21. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1977
1963
105
1843
22. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1793
1843
1876
1925
23. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1969
751
1994
1831
24. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1876
1991
3500s BC
1989
25. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX
1844
1992
1977
1793
26. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
7th century
1992
Prior to 3500BC
1994
27. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
1925
1520
1450
1942
28. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
1831
1958
1877
1992
29. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
1947
1889
1991
1520
30. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
1876
1958
1793
751
31. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1450
1877
1849
1969
32. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
1835
1889
1966
1520
33. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
1901
AD 26-37
1901
1450
34. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
105
1989
1450
1992
35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1520
1450
1831
1877
36. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
1877
1835
3500s BC
1835
37. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing
1877
1947
1305
1942
38. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1989
1994
1971
1971
39. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
1889
1963
751
1994
40. Tsai Lun invents paper
105
1877
1947
16th century BC
41. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
Prior to 3500BC
1925
1450
1305
42. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
1844
1849
1947
1949
43. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1925
1958
1949
1520
44. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1793
1958
1977
1876
45. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media
1966
7th century
1969
1989
46. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1966
1831
1849
Prior to 3500BC
47. Internet2 organization created
1991
105
751
1992
48. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1520
751
3500s BC
1889
49. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
16th century BC
1958
1844
1949
50. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1991
1876
1889
1963