Timeline: Phones throughout time

1849

Antonio Meucci Created this phone

This phone is important, because this was the first phone to be made when Antonio created it.

Period: 1876 to 1900

From 1876 -1900 phones were created and used to talk to people around town or in your house. Once people created voice transmission and phone wires, they started to create phones that could reach other areas in the USA

Mar 7, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell received the phone patent

On this day, the phone patent was taken from Antonio and given to Alexander. This is important because Alexander was called the inventor of the phone.

Period: 1878 to 2024

Phones were orignally created in the United Kingdom, but Inventers moved to America and continued to create phones. That is how people in America and in the UK were able to contact to each other

1880

Alexander created a new phone

This phone is important, because it was the next phone created after Antonio Meucci lost his patent. When Alexander was given the phone patent, he took it upon himself to create a new type of phone, that looks more like a bell than a phone.

1885

AT&T was created

AT&T is one of today's most trusted and used phone companies. It was created in 1885 when phones were beginning to become more techno.

Oct 18, 1889

Antonio Meucci died

This was a sad day in history, when the originator of the phone had died, leaving behind an open idea for more engineers and inventors to create phones.

1899

Strowger 10 Digit Automatic Wall Telephone

This new phone was created by Almon Brown Strowger. This phone is important because it was another phone that a lot people used back then and most commonly seen in a lot of old movies.

1900

Rotary Phones were created

Rotary Phones were used as common as IPhones are used today. This phone was fun to use even though you couldn't play games, it was fun to make calls to further areas.

Period: 1901 to 1960