AD Archives - Page 9 of 25

1733 AD

John Kay invents flying shuttle.

Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians.

Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves.

Construction on the Taj Mahal begins.

E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson.

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

Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets.

Great fire of London.

Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner.

The Wright Brothers make their first powered flights.

Egypt’s new capital city Antinopolis is created.