724

Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock

1041

Movable type printing press invented by  Bi Sheng

1280

Eyeglasses were invented

1350

Suspension bridges built in Peru

1450

Alphabetic, movable type printing press invented by  Johann Gutenberg

1500

Ball bearing invented by  Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including a helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots

1510

Pocket watch invented by  Peter Henlein

1576

Ironclad warship invented by  Oda Nobunaga

1581

Pendulum invented by  Galileo Galilei

1593

Thermometer invented by  Galileo Galilei

1608

Telescope invented by  Hans Lippershey

1609

Microscope invented by  Galileo Galilei

1642

Adding machine invented by  Blaise Pascal

1643

Barometer invented by  Evangelista Torricelli

1645

Vacuum pump invented by  Otto von Guericke

1657

Pendulum clock invented by  Christiaan Huygens

1679

Pressure cooker invented by  Denis Papin

1687

Newton, Principia: Newton's physics formed the foundation of modern science

1698

Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery

1671

Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus

1705

Steam piston engine invented by  Thomas Newcomen

1708

Jethro Tull invents mechanical (seed) sower

1710

Thermometer invented by  Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

1733

John Kay invents flying shuttle.

1742

Franklin stove invented by  Benjamin Franklin

1752

Lightning rod invented by  Benjamin Franklin

1767

Spinning jenny invented by  James Hargreaves

1769

Steam engine invented by  James Watt

1774

Priestly isolates oxygen

1779

First steam powered mills automate the weaving process.

1781

William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.

1783

Hot air balloon invented by  Montgolfier brothers

1791

Steamboat invented by  John Fitch

1793

Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin

1798

Vaccination invented by  Edward Jenner

1799

Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas)

Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt

1804

Locomotive invented by  Richard Trevithick

1814

Steam Locomotive (Blucher) invented by  George Stephenson

1816

Miner's safety lamp invented by  Humphry Davy

1816

Stethoscope invented by  Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

1820

The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar

1821

Faraday demonstrates the principle of the electric motor.

1822

Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer

1821

Electric motor invented by  Michael Faraday

1826

Photography invented by  Joseph Nicephore Niepce

1830

Lawn mower invented by  Edwin Beard Budding

1831

Von Liebig discovers chloroform

Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines.

1834

Braille invented by  Louis Braille

1834

Refrigerator invented by  Jacob Perkins

1834

Combine harvester invented by  Hiram Moore

1835

Morse code invented by  Samuel Morse

Revolver invented by Samuel Colt

1838

Electric telegraph invented by  Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)

Daguerre perfects the Daguerrotype.

1839

Vulcanization of rubber invented by  Charles Goodyear

1842

Anaesthesia invented by  Crawford Long

1843

Typewriter invented by  Charles Thurber

1846

Sewing machine invented by  Elias Howe

1846

Rotary printing press invented by  Richard M. Hoe

Pneumatic tire patented

Elias Howe invents the sewing machine

1849

Safety pin invented by  Walter Hunt

Monier develops reinforced concrete

1859

Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species

Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine

1862

Revolving machine gun invented by  Richard J. Gatling

Isaac Singer commercializes the sewing machine

1862

Mechanical submarine invented by  Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol

1866

Dynamite invented by  Alfred Nobel

Lister demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic

1869

Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table

1870

Stock ticker invented by  Thomas Alva Edison

1873

Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter

James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation

1876

Gasoline carburettor invented by  Daimler

1877

Phonograph invented by  Thomas Alva Edison

1877

Microphone invented by  Emile Berliner

1878

Cathode ray tube invented by  William Crookes

Edison invents the incandescent lamp.

1880

Photophone invented by  Alexander Graham Bell

1883

First skyscraper built in Chicago (ten stories)

Maxim invents the machine gun

1885

Motor cycle invented by  Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach

Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine

1888

Hertz produces radio waves.

1888

Eiffel Tower is built

1891

Zipper invented by  Whitcomb L. Judson

Rudolf Diesel invents diesel

1893

Wireless communication invented by  Nikola Tesla

1895

Diesel engine invented by  Rudolf Diesel

Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi

Auguste and Louis Lumiere develop Cinematograph

Roentgen discovers X-rays

1898

Remote control invented by  Nikola Tesla

1900

Planck develops quantum theory

First Zeppelin is built

1901

Vacuum cleaner invented by  Hubert Booth

1903

Powered airplane invented by  Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright

1905

Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity.

1907

Color photography invented by  Auguste and Louis Lumiere

Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu

Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest

1908

Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.

1909

Bakelite invented by  Leo Baekeland

1919

London to Paris air service begins

James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter

1923

Sound film invented by  Lee DeForest

Television Electronic invented by Philo Farnsworth

1924

Electro Mechanical television system invented by John Logie Baird

1926

Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets.

1928

Antibiotics, penicillin invented by  Alexander Fleming

1931

Iconoscope invented by  Vladimir Zworykin

1937

Jet engine invented by  Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain

Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine

1938

Ballpoint pen invented by  Laszlo Biro

1943

Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machine

Colossus: Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus

Aqua-Lung invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan

1945

The atomic bomb

1946

Microwave oven invented by  Percy Spencer

1951

Nuclear power reactor invented by  Walter Zinn

1956

Optical fiber invented by  Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss

Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex

1957

Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians

1958

Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce

1960

Laser invented by  Theodore Harold Maiman

1961

Uri Gagarin is the first man in space

Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg

1963

Computer mouse invented by  Douglas Engelbart

1967

Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by  John Shepherd-Barron

Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson

1968

Video game console invented by  Ralph H. Baer

1969

The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon

1971

E-mail invented by  Ray Tomlinson

Liquid Crystal Display invented by  James Fergason

Pocket calculator invented by  Sharp Corporation

Floppy Disk invented by  David Noble with IBM

1973

Ethernet invented by  Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs

Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC

1983

Camcorder invented by  Sony

1990

World Wide Web invented by  Tim Berners-Lee

2001

Digital satellite radio