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Computer History - B.C.
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300 B.C.
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The counting board much like the later abacus is believed to be first used by the Babylonians circa. |
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500 B.C.
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The abacus much like the device we know today begins being used. |
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Computer History - 1500's
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1502
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Peter Henlein, a craftsman from Nuremberg Germany, creates the first watch.
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Computer history - 1600's
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1600
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William Gilbert coins the term electricity from the Greek word elecktra.
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1617
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John Napier introduced a system called "Napier’s Bones," made from horn, bone or ivory the device allowed the capability of multiplying by adding numbers and dividing by subtracting.
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1622
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The circular slide rule is invented by William Oughtred.
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1623
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The first known workable mechanical calculating machine is invented by Germany’s Wilhelm Schickard.
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1642
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France’s Blaise Pascal invents a machine, called the Pascaline, that can add, subtract, and carry between digits. |
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1674
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Germany’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz creates a machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically.
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Computer history - 1700's
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1724
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Gabriel Fahrenheit purposes the Fahrenheit standard. |
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1774
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The first telegraph is built.
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1780
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American Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity.
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1791
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Computer History - 1800's
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1804
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France’s Joseph-Marie Jacquard completes his fully autom <!--[if !vml]--> 
1827
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George Simon Ohm introduces Ohm's law in the book Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeitet. |
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1831
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Joseph Henry of Princeton invents the first working telegraph.
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1838
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Samuel Morse invents a code (later called Morse code) that used different numbers to represent the letters of the English alphabet and the then digits. |
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1847
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1851
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Western Union was founded.
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1866
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The first successful Trans-Atlantic cable is laid from Ireland to Newfoundland.
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1868
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Christopher Sholes invents the typewriter in the United States utilizing the QWERTY keyboard. |
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1871
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