Computer history - 1700s
Listed below are the important events in history relating to computers in the 1700s.
1703
Robert Hooke passed away on March 3, 1703 (Age: 67).
1706
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706.
1714
The first writing device (similar to a typewriter) to be patented was patented by Henry Mill in London England.
1721
Pierre Jaquet-Droz was born in 1721.
1724
Gabriel Fahrenheit proposes the Fahrenheit standard.
1725
In Lyon, France, Basile Bouchon invented a loom in 1725 that used a perforated paper tape roll that was later upgraded in 1728 by his assistant Jean-Baptiste Falcon to use punch cards. Although this loom predates the Jacquard Loom, it was not fully automated.
1726
Isaac Newton passed away on March 20, 1726 (Age: 84).
1732
Richard Arkwright was born on December 23, 1732.
1736
Johann Bishcoff was born on February 20, 1736.
1739
Philipp Hahn was born on November 25, 1739.
1743
Samuel Hopkins was born on December 9, 1743.
1745
Alessandro Volta was born on February 18, 1745.
1752
On June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite that collects an electricity charge after being struck by lightning.
Joseph Jacquard was born on July 7, 1752.
1753
Charles Stanhope was born on August 3, 1753.
1765
Jacob Auch was born on February 22, 1765.
Joseph Niépce was born on March 7, 1765.
1768
Jean Fourier was born on March 21, 1768.
1770
The Turk machine was constructed in 1770.
1774
The first telegraph was built.
1777
Thomas Fowler, inventor of the thermosiphon, was born in 1777.
Johann Gauss was born on April 30, 1777.
1779
Joseph Clement was born on June 13, 1779.
1783
William Sturgeon was born on May 22, 1783.
1785
Charles Thomas was born on May 5, 1785.
Georg Scheutz was born on September 23, 1785.
1787
Semen Korsakov was born on January 14, 1787.
1789
Georg Ohm was born on March 16, 1789.
1790
Benjamin Franklin passed away on April 17, 1790 (Age: 83).
Philipp Hahn passed away on May 2, 1790 (Age: 51).
Samuel Hopkins received the first United States patent on July 31, 1790.
1791
Samuel Morse was born on April 27, 1791.
Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791.
Charles Babbage was born on December 26, 1791.
1792
Claude Chappe invented a semaphore line, a method of communicating over long distances.
Richard Arkwright passed away on August 3, 1792 (Age: 59).
1797
Joseph Henry was born on May 17, 1797.