Charles Babbage
Timeline
| 1791 | Charles Babbage was born in south London |
| 1798 | Mary Ann Babbage was born (sister of Charles Babbage) |
| 1801 | Charles Babbage was sent to a school in Totnes, because of his health |
| 1803 | Charles Babbage was sent to a school in Enfield |
| 1806 | Charles Babbage moved to a school near Cambridge |
| 1808 | Charles Babbage moved back to his parents in Devon to study under a personal tutor |
| 1810 | Charles Babbage entered Trinity College at Cambridge |
| 1811 | Charles Babbage bought the work of LaCroix |
| 1812 | Charles Babbage founded the Analytical Society to
promote the Leibniz notation Charles Babbage first had his idea of using machinery to calculate mathematical tables Charles Babbage transferred to Peterhouse at Cambridge |
| 1814 | Charles Babbage graduated from Cambridge Charles Babbage married Georgiana Whitmore Charles and Georgiana Babbage moved to London |
| 1815 | Benjamin Herschel Babbage was born Charles Babbage became a member of the Royal Society Charles Babbage published an essay on calculus in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society |
| 1816 | Charles Babbage published a translation of
LaCroix's work Charles Babbage gave a series of lectures at the Royal Institution in London. |
| 1817 | Charles Babbage received his M.A. at Peterhouse Charles Babbage Jr. was born |
| 1818 | Charles Babbage went down in a diving bell and thought about submarine navigation |
| 1819 | Charles Babbage and John Herschel went to Paris to visit scientists |
| 1820 | Charles Babbage helped to found the Astronomical Society |
| 1821 | Charles Babbage had his first idea for a Difference
Engine The Astronomical Society assigned John Herschel and Charles Babbage to a project to improve the Nautical Almanac |
| 1822 | Charles Babbage published "Observations on the
Application of Machinery to the Computation of
Mathematical Tables" at the Astronomical Society Charles Babbage made a small machine to compute the table of squares Charles Babbage published "On the Theoretical Principles of Machinery for Calculating Tables" in Brewster's Journal of Science |
| 1823 | The Royal Society adviced the British government
to encourage Charles Babbage to pursue his machines The British government promised to fund the Difference Engine Brunel recommended to Babbage that he would hire Joseph Clement. |
| 1824 | The Astronomical Society awared its first gold medal to Charles Babbage |
| 1825 | Charles Babbage published a paper with Herschel on magnetization arising during rotation |
| 1826 | Charles Babbage published "A Comparative View of
the Different Institutions for the Assurance of
Life" Charles Babbage published a paper about his Mechanical Notation Charles Babbage was promised but later denied a secretaryship of the Royal Society Charles Babbage published a description and drawings for an open submarine vessel with enough air for four persons for more than two days |
| 1827 | Charles Babbage published a table of logarithms
from 1 to 108000 Charles Babbage's father died Charles Babbage Jr. died Georgiana Babbage and a newborn son died Charles Babbage took his eldest son, Herschel, to the Thames Tunnel to talk to Marc Brunel's son Charles Babbage was advised by a physician to travel abroad for his health Charles Babbage travelled to Europe |
| 1828 | Charles Babbage received the position of Lucasian
chair Charles Babbage went down into the vulcano the Vesuvius Charles Babbage got a commission to make a report on the hot springs in Ischia Charles Babbage attended a meeting of philosophers in Berlin Charles Babbage returned to London Charles Babbage received a second grant from the British government after inspection by the Duke of Wellington. He used this to build a better fireproof workshop |
| 1829 | Charles Babbage published a report about the congress in
Berlin Charles Babbage was active in politics. He was chairman of a campaign committee for reform |
| 1830 | Charles Babbage published "Reflections on the
Decline of Science in England, and on some of its
Causes" The Astronomical Society received its Royal charter Charles Babbage attended the opening of the Manchest to Liverpool railway |
| 1831 | Charles Babbage conducted tests to determine on which paper and with which ink his tables were easiest to read |
| 1832 | Charles Babbage's work on the Difference engine came to a
halt Charles Babbage published "Economy of Manufactures and Machinery" Charles Babbage ran for parliament (unsuccessfully) |
| 1833 | Charles Babbage had a crisis with Clement (his
main engineer) Charles Babbage met Ada Lovelace at court Charles Babbage reprints a skeleton form for the constants of the class mammalia at the British Association at Cambridge Charles Babbage becomes chairman for the statistical section of the British Association |
| 1834 | Charles Babbage helped found the Statistical
Society of London Charles Babbage requested a grant for an Analytical Engine Edinburgh Review published an account of the Difference Engine Dr. Dionysius Lardner, professor at London, gave public lectures about Charles Babbage's machine Charles Babbage ran for Parliament (unsuccessfully) Charles Babbage's daughter Georgiana died |
| 1836 | Charles Babbage selected punched cards as the new input mechanism for the Analytical Engine |
| 1837 | Charles Babbage wrote an extended paper "Of the Mathematical
Powers of the Calculating Engine" Charles Babbage published "The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, A Fragment", an apologetic excursion |
| 1838 | Charles Babbage conducted experiments for the railroads and Isambard Brunel |
| 1839 | Charles Babbage resigned from the Lucasian
Professor chair at Cambridge Charles Babbage's oldest son Herschel married |
| 1840 | Charles Babbage visited a silk-weaving plant in
Lyon, where he gets a woven portrait of Jacquard Charles Babbage was invited to talk about his engines in Turin |
| 1842 | The British government annouced that it will abandon further
construction on the Difference Engine Menabrea published a paper about Babbage's work in the Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève |
| 1843 | Charles Babbage and Lady Lovelace started working
together Lady Lovelace published a translation of MenaBrea and additional notes in Scientific Memoirs |
| 1844 | Charles Babbage's mother Betty dies |
| 1846 | Charles Babbage wrote a paper "On the Principles of Tools for Turning and Planing Metals" |
| 1848 | Charles Babbage stopped working on the Analytical Engine |
| 1851 | The Great Exposition was held Charles Babbage published "The Exposition of 1851; or Views of the Industry, the Science and the Government of England" Charles Babbage suggested the germ of the idea of the coronagraph for a solar eclipse Charles Babbage conceived a way to send signals by occluding lights |
| 1852 | Lady Lovelace died |
| 1853 | Charles Babbage travelled to Brussels to discuss lighthouses at a congress of naval officers |
| 1854 | Scheutz and his son Edward completed their own difference engine and exhibited in England |
| 1855 | Henry Babbage gave a lecture on mechanical notation and the Scheutz engine in Edinburgh |
| 1856 | The Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York bought a Scheutz machine for 5000 dollar |
| 1859 | Charles Babbage published "On Remains of Human Art, mixed with the Bones of Extinct Races of Animals" |
| 1861 | The United States published an extremely favourable report about using the numerical system of occulting lighthouses made by Charles Babbage |
| 1863 | A copy of the Scheutz machine was made for the British government |
| 1864 | Charles Babbage published "Passages from the Life of a Philosopher" |
| 1870 | The British government used a Difference Engine to compile a set of life insurance tables |
| 1871 | Charles Babbage died |