Timeline: Engineering
| Years: c. 515 BCE - 2010 | Subject: Science and technology, Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191737473 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 515 BCE | Go to Darius I (c.550–486 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 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: |
| 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: |
| c. 75 | Go to Hero of Alexandria (c.ad 62) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 100 | Go to Roman roads in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 105 | Go to Alcántara (Extremadura/Spain) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 134 | Go to Hadrian in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 610 | Go to Grand Canal in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 950 | Go to canal lock in Visual English Dictionary (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1176 | Go to London bridge in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1391 | Go to Elbe in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1500 | Go to Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Inca in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1642 | Go to lock in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1660 | Go to Berlin in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1681 | Go to Rivers, Canals, and Inland Waterways in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1698 | Go to Savery, Thomas (c. 1650–1715) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1710 | Go to Newcomen, Thomas (1663–1729) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev 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: |
| 1724 | Go to Wade, George (1673–1748) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1776 | Go to Watt, James (1736–1819) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1779 | Go to Coalbrookdale in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev 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: |
| 1816 | Go to Vauxhall in Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1819 | Go to Rennie, John (1761–1821) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev 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: |
| 1826 | Go to Telford, Thomas (1757–1834) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1827 | Go to Hammersmith in A Dictionary of London Place-Names (2 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: Go to paddle steamer noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1833 | Go to Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–59) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stephenson, Robert (1803–59) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to railway in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1836 | Go to Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–59) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev 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: |
| 1843 | Go to Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–1859) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–1859) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1850 | Go to Stephenson, Robert (1803–59) 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: |
| 1854 | Go to Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de (1805–94) in World Encyclopedia (1 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: |
| 1859 | Go to great in Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (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 Suez Canal in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1875 | Go to Channel Tunnel in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1879 | Go to Panama Canal in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1883 | Go to Brooklyn Bridge. in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 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: |
| 1894 | Go to Tower in Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (1 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: |
| 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: |
| 1900 | Go to Daimler, Gottlieb (1834–1900) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1901 | Go to automobile in World Encyclopedia (1 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: 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: |
| 1904 | Go to Royce, Sir (Frederick) Henry (1863–1933) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1905 | Go to Austin, Herbert (1866–1941) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | Go to railway in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lusitania in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1907 | Go to Royce, Sir Frederick Henry (1863–1933) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 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 Blériot, Louis (1872–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (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: |
| 1911 | Go to Titanic in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1912 | 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: |
| 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 Panama Canal in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (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: |
| 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: |
| 1926 | Go to Ilyushin, Sergei Vladimirovich (1894–1977) 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: |
| 1929 | Go to Byrd, Richard Evelyn (1888–1957) in World Encyclopedia (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: |
| 1931 | Go to De Havilland, Geoffrey (1882–1965) in A Dictionary of Modern Design (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ammann, Othmar (1879–1965) in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1932 | Go to Sydney Harbour Bridge in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Earhart, Amelia (1897–1937) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1935 | Go to Hoover Dam in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hughes, Howard Robard (1905–1976) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1936 | Go to Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (1895–1937) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1937 | Go to Golden Gate in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Braun, Wernher von (b. 23 Mar. 1912) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1938 | Go to Burma Road in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to iron lung in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1939 | Go to Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich (1889–1972) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to von Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst (1911–1998) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1940 | Go to De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (1882–1965) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1941 | Go to Jeep in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Whittle, Sir Frank (1907–1996) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1942 | Go to V-weapons in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1944 | Go to Whittle, Sir Frank (1907–96) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Messerschmitt in A New Dictionary of Eponyms (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1945 | Go to von Braun, Werner Magnus Maximilian (1912–1977) 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: |
| 1954 | Go to Wankel rotary engine in World Encyclopedia (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: Go to Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney (1910–1999) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to St Lawrence Seaway in World Encyclopedia (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: |
| 1964 | Go to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1969 | Go to Concorde in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1981 | Go to Humber in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1993 | Go to Three Gorges project in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1994 | Go to Channel Tunnel in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1998 | Go to Shikoku in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2005 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 2006 | Go to Three Gorges project in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2010 | Go to oil spill in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
