Events and Inventions through History

Prehistory (2,5 million BC - 3.200 BC)

  1. 2.5 million BC: Primitive stone tools. CREATION

  2. 200,000 B.C.: Appearance of Homo sapiens (our direct ancestors). EVENT

  3. 500,000 BC: Mastery of fire. EVENT

  4. 40,000 BC: Bone needles (enabled the creation of clothing). CREATION

  5. 40,000 B.C.: Cave paintings in caves like those in Altamira (Spain). EVENT

  6. 30,000 BC: Hunting spears. CREATION

  7. 15,000 BC: Domestication of dogs. EVENT

  8. 10,000 BC: Agriculture (beginning of plant and animal domestication). EVENT

  9. 8,000 BC: Construction of permanent homes (early villages). EVENT

  10. 3,500 BC: Wheel in Mesopotamia. CREATION

  11. 3,200 BC: Cuneiform WRITING in Mesopotamia. EVENT

Ancient Age (3.200 BC - 476 AD)

  1. 3,200 BC: Cuneiform WRITING in Mesopotamia. EVENT

  2. 2,500 BC: Papyrus paper in Egypt. CREATION

  3. 2,500 B.C.: Construction of the pyramids in Egypt. EVENT

  4. 2,000 BC: Water clock in Babylon. CREATION

  5. 1,500 BC: Magnetic compass in China. CREATION

  6. 700 BC: Aqueducts in Assyria. CREATION

  7. 776 B.C.: First Olympic Games in ancient Greece. EVENT

  8. 753 B.C.: Foundation of Rome, according to legend. EVENT

  9. 500 BC: Founding of the city of Rome. EVENT

  10. 44 BC: Assassination of Julius Caesar. EVENT

  11. 476 AD: FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE EVENT

Middle Ages (476 AD - 1,492 AD)

  1. 476 AD: FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE EVENT

  2. 711 A.D.: Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. CREATION

  3. 800 AD: Windmills in Persia. CREATION

  4. 1,000 AD: Gunpowder in China. CREATION

  5. 1095 A.D.: Beginning of the Crusades to reconquer the Holy Land. EVENT

  6. 1,100 AD: Eyeglasses in Italy. CREATION

  7. 1,200 AD: Mechanical clock in Europe. CREATION

  8. 1215 A.D.: Signing of the Magna Carta in England (origin of modern rights). EVENT

  9. 1,340 AD: The Black Death plague spreads across Europe. EVENT

  10. 1,450 AD: Movable type printing press by Gutenberg. CREATION

  11. 1,492 AD: DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. EVENT

Modern Age (1,942 AD - 1,800)

  1. 1,492 AD: DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. EVENT

  2. 1517 A.D.: Beginning of the Protestant Reformation. EVENT

  3. 1608 AD: Telescope in the Netherlands. CREATION

  4. 1712 AD: Steam engine by Thomas Newcomen. CREATION

  5. 1752 AD: Lightning rod by Benjamin Franklin. CREATION

  6. 1774 AD: Discovery of oxygen by Joseph Priestley. CREATION

  7. 1776 A.D.: Declaration of Independence of the United States. EVENT

  8. 1796 AD: Smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner. CREATION

  9. 1,800 AD: FRENCH AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS. EVENT

Contemporary Age (1,800 AD - 1,981 AD)

  1. 1,800 AD: FRENCH AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS. EVENT

  2. 1837 AD: Telegraph by Samuel Morse. CREATION

  3. 1876 AD: Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. CREATION

  4. 1879 AD: Light bulb by Thomas Edison. CREATION

  5. 1895 AD: X-ray machine by Wilhelm Röntgen. CREATION

  6. 1903 AD: Airplane by the Wright brothers. CREATION

  7. 1928 AD: Penicillin by Alexander Fleming. CREATION

  8. 1969 AD: Internet (initial ARPANET protocols).

  9. 1914-1918 A.D.: World War I. EVENT

  10. 1939-1945 A.D.: World War II. EVENT

  11. 1969 A.D.: Man lands on the moon. EVENT

  12. 1981 AD: FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER (IBM). EVENT

Digital Age (1,981 AD - Present)

  1. 1981 AD: FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER (IBM). EVENT

  2. 1983 AD: Birth of the Internet. EVENT

  3. 1989 A.D.: Fall of the Berlin Wall. EVENT

  4. 1992 AD: First SMS sent. EVENT

  5. 2004 AD: Founding of Facebook, beginning of social media boom. EVENT

  6. 2007 AD: Launch of the iPhone. CREATION

  7. 2012 A.D.: First exploration rover on Mars. EVENT

  8. 2015 AD: First self-driving car in testing. CREATION

  9. 2020 A.D.: Advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. CREATION

  10. 2021 AD: First electric car by Tesla goes into production. EVENT