Timeline: Travel and transport
| Years: c. 2500 BCE - 2009 | Subject: Society and culture |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191737435 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 2500 BCE | Go to Egypt in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 500 BCE | Go to Royal Road in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 490 BCE | Go to Pheidippides in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 312 BCE | Go to via Appia in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 47 | Go to Fosse Way in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1271 | Go to Polo, Marco (c.1254–1324) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1275 | Go to Polo, Marco (c.1254–1324) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1295 | Go to Polo, Marco (c.1254–1324) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1298 | Go to Polo, Marco (c.1254–1324) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1300 | Go to portulan in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1325 | Go to Mecca in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1391 | Go to Elbe in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1450 | Go to caravel in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1500 | Go to Inca in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1660 | Go to Berlin in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1700 | Go to East Indiamen in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1720 | Go to post-chaise noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to grand tour in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1755 | Go to covered wagon noun in New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1784 | Go to Bristol in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1802 | Go to Charlotte Dundas in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1803 | Go to Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1804 | Go to Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1807 | Go to Fulton, Robert (1765–1815) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1811 | Go to Roads and Turnpikes, Early. in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1813 | Go to railways in The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1815 | Go to McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1825 | Go to Stephenson, George in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Erie Canal in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1829 | Go to Stephenson, George (1781–1848) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1830 | Go to Stephenson, George in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1832 | Go to Telford, Thomas in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1833 | Go to railway in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1837 | Go to Stephenson, Robert (1803–59) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1838 | Go to Sirius in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1841 | With a teetotallers' rail trip for 570 people, Thomas Cook introduces the notion of the package tour Go to Cook, Thomas in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1843 | Go to Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–1859) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1850 | Go to Oregon Trail in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1852 | Go to Vanderbilt, Cornelius in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1855 | Go to Panama Canal in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1858 | Go to Great Eastern in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1860 | Go to Pony Express (1860–61) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1863 | Go to London Underground in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1869 | Go to Promontory Point, Utah, meeting at (10 May 1869) in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cutty Sark in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1885 | Go to Benz, Karl (1844–1929) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1886 | Go to Daimler, Gottlieb (1834–1900) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1890 | Go to Forth Bridge [Places] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to London Underground in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1891 | Go to Trans‐Siberian Railway in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lilienthal, Otto (1849–96) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1895 | Go to Slocum, Joshua (1844–c.1910) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1896 | Go to Ford, Henry (1863–1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lilienthal, Otto (1849–96) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1897 | Go to Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon (1854–1931) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1898 | Go to Slocum, Joshua (1844–c.1910) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1900 | Go to Slocum, Joshua (1844–c.1910) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1902 | Go to steam engine in A Dictionary of Physics (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to internal-combustion engine in A Dictionary of Physics (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1903 | Go to Harley‐Davidson (1902) in A Dictionary of Modern Design (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Crystal Palace in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1905 | Go to internal-combustion engine in A Dictionary of Physics (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to automobile in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | Go to Lusitania in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1907 | Go to Lusitania in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1908 | Go to Ford, Henry (1863–1947) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1909 | Go to Slocum, Joshua (1844–1909) in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1910 | Go to Rolls, Charles Stewart (1877–1910) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Count von (1838–1917) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1912 | Go to flying boats in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Titanic in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to diesel engine in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1913 | Go to Nuffield, William Richard Morris, Viscount (1877–1963) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Buenos Aires in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1914 | Go to Empress of Ireland in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Panama Canal in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1915 | Go to Metroland in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1916 | Go to Boeing, William Edward (1881–1956) in The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Highway System. in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1919 | Go to Alcock, Sir John William (1892–1919) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Canadian National Railways in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1921 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1922 | Go to Austin, Herbert, 1st Baron (1866–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1927 | Go to Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902–1974) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1930 | Go to Johnson, Amy (1903–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to R101 airship in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1932 | Go to Earhart, Amelia (1897–1937) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1933 | Go to London broil in Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1935 | Go to Hughes, Howard Robard (1905–1976) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1937 | Go to Zeppelin in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Earhart, Amelia (1898–1937) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1939 | Go to Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1948 | Go to Issigonis, Sir Alec Arnold Constantine (1906–1988) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Holden in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1949 | Go to De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (1882–1965) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1950 | Go to St Roch in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1959 | Go to Issigonis, Alec (1906–88) in A Dictionary of Modern Design (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1962 | Go to Trans-Canada Highway in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1969 | Go to Concorde in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1999 | Go to Mont Blanc in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2000 | Go to Concorde in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2003 | Go to Concorde in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2005 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 2007 | Go to Singapore in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2009 | Go to Hudson in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
