7 most important inventions in the history

7 most important inventions in the history

	Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
	1st Jan, 1685	The Camera	The first camera that was small and portable enough to be practical for photography was built by Johann Zahn in 1685, though first photograph wasn't until 1814 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier.
	2nd Jul, 1698	The Steam Engine	The first practical steam-powered 'engine' was a water pump, developed in 1698 by Thomas Savery.The first commercially successful engine did not appear until 1712. Paved the way for the Industrial Revolution.
	1st Jan, 1769	The Automobile	Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is often credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769.
	1st Jan, 1791	The Sewing Machine	In 1791 British inventor Thomas Saint was the first to design a sewing machine. Though, a working model was never built.
	10th Mar, 1876	Telephone	The first bi-directional transmission of clear speech marked the invention of the elctric telephone by Alexander Graham Bell.
	31st Dec, 1879	The Light Bulb	The electric light, something that we use every day and that is a crucial part of our daily lives, was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison.