Computer history
The Computer Hope computer history timeline provides a detailed listing of key events that occurred during the evolution of computers, the Internet, and related technologies. This timeline includes births and deaths of famous computer pioneers, inventions, discoveries, dates when computer companies were established, when popular websites came online, and much more. The timeline helps illustrate how computers have evolved and when computer technologies were introduced.
This page provides links to events in history related to computers. If you're looking for information about Internet browser history and how to clear it, see the links on our history definition.
While we would like to believe our research is 100% accurate, Computer Hope cannot claim 100% accuracy. If you know about something we missed or found something that is incorrect, please contact us and let us know.
Today in computer history
1944 - Colossus computer became operational.
1956 - Tim Paterson was born.
1957 - Jeff Hawkins was born.
1979 - The Intel 8088 was introduced.
1979 - Markus Persson was born.
1999 - AOL purchased Nullsoft.
1999 - Napster was founded.
2005 - PCChips announced that it would merge with ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc.).
2007 - AMD renames the Athlon 64 X2 processor line to Athlon X2 and released the first in that line, the Brisbane series.
2009 - AMD released the first Phenom II X2 (dual-core) processors.
2012 - Google sold Google SketchUp to Trimble.
Computer history timeline
The following list is each of the years from B.C. to 2020 of computer-related events that have occurred. Because early years in the timeline did not have many computer-related events, we've combined these years into one page for easier browsing. More recent years only list computer events for each year.
- BC - 1000 AD
- 1000's to 1400's
- 1500's
- 1600's
- 1700's
- 1800's
- 1900 - 1940
- 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940
- 1940 - 1960
- 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960
- 1960 - 1980
- 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980
- 1980 - 2000
- 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000
- 2000 - 2020
- 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020
- 2020 - Today
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- Memory history
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- Data storage history
- Computer USB history
- Computer monitor history
- Printer history
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