History of Information Technology

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Foundations of the Internet to the present day

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0868- First dated and printed text
Printing with movable type is invented in China.
1455- Moveable type printing is first reported in Europe.
1517- Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church.
Introduction of copyright
1564- Baptism of William Shakespeare
1660- Founding meeting of the Royal Society.
1710- The Statute of Anne is passed.
1755- "A Dictionary of the English Language" is published
1873- Production of the first typewriter begins.
1876- Thomas Edison patents the Mimeograph
1887- The Berne Convention is established.
1938- Chester Carlson makes the first photocopy using Xerography.
1973- First mobile phone call
First commercial cellular phone network
1996- First mobile phone with internet and email capabilities
2001- First 3G cellular network is trialled

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From the earliest ways of storing and passing on information, through the intellectual, technological and legal advances which improved literacy and shaped the way information would be distributed to large numbers of people.

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