Corn timeline

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  • 8000 BCE

    First discovered (8,000 BC)

    First discovered (8,000 BC)
    Corn was first domesticated by native peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Modern corn is believed to have been derived from the Balsas teosinte (Zea mays parviglumis), a wild grass.
  • 1493

    Introduced to Europe

    Despite some controversy, it became clear that maize was first introduced into Europe by Colombus, who brought it back from the West Indies to southern Spain in 1493.

  • Invented corn syrup

    Historically, corn syrup was produced by combining corn starch with dilute hydrochloric acid, and then heating the mixture under pressure. The process was invented by the German chemist Gottlieb Kirchhoff in 1811.

  • Corn starch was invented

    Invented in 1842 by Thomas Kingsford, superintendent of a wheat starch factory in Jersey City, New Jersey, cornstarch was originally used for laundry and other industrial applications.

  • First Kellogg's corn flakes

    United States
    Created by John Harvey Kellogg W. K. Kellogg
    Main ingredients Milled corn, sugar, malt flavoring