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A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  Please feel free to suggest others to [mailto:ieee-history@ieee.org ieee-history@ieee.org]  -- or even better -- [[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|propose]] an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the '''[[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|Milestone Guidelines]] '''for more information on the milestone process. There is also a [http://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones_by_Region list according to regions] of milestones which have already been dedicated.  
A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  The technical area/society given is for suggestion only; it does not restrict the achievement to that society. Multiple societies may cosponsor milestone proposals. Please feel free to suggest others to [mailto:ieee-history@ieee.org ieee-history@ieee.org]  -- or even better -- [[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|propose]] an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the '''[[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|Milestone Guidelines]] '''for more information on the milestone process.  


Last updated: 7 March 2016
To check whether someone is already working on a specific achievement, consult the ''' [[Milestones Status Report]]''' which shows the status of Milestones or Special Citation proposals.
 
There is also a [http://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones_by_Region list according to regions] of milestones which have already been dedicated.
 
Additional achievements suitable for Milestones include:
 
*Australian IEEE Members have created a [https://ethw.org/Possible_Milestones_for_Australia  list of important technological events in Australia] some of which might also be appropriate for proposal.
*[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/List_of_Achievements_Suitable_for_Milestones_featuring_Women  List of Achievements by women for proposal as Milestones]
 
Last updated: 30 November 2023


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! Location
! Location
! IEEE Region
! IEEE Region
! Technical area/society
|-
|-
|4th Century Bce
|4th Century Bce
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|Defeng County, Henan, China
|Defeng County, Henan, China
|10
|10
|Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|Date unknown
|Abacus
|Ancient Greece?, Middle East?, India? China?
|8 or 10
|Computer
|-
|-
|1617
|1617
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|Edinburgh, Scotland
|Edinburgh, Scotland
|8
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
|-
|-
|1621
|1621
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|Albury, England
|Albury, England
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1623
|1623
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|Tuebingen, Germany
|Tuebingen, Germany
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1642
|1642
|Advanced Calculator  
|Advanced Calculator  
|Pascal
|Pascal
|Paris, France
|Paris or Rouen, France
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1671
|1671
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|Mainz, Germany
|Mainz, Germany
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1729
|1729
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|London
|London
|8
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
|-
|1745
|"Leyden Jar" type Capacitator
|Ewald G. von Kleist
|Germany
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1746
|1746
|Leyden Jar
|Leyden Jar
|Unknown
|Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence
|Leyden, Netherlands
|Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany
|8
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1790
|1790
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|Bologna, Italy
|Bologna, Italy
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
|-
|-
|1808
|1808
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|England
|England
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1810
|1810
|Electrolytic Telegraph  
|Electrolytic Telegraph  
|Von Sommerin
|Von Sommering
|Munich, Germany
|Munich, Germany
|8
|8
|Communication Society
|-
|-
|1819
|1820
|Discovery of Current/Magnetism
|Discovery of Electromagnetism
|Oersted
|Oersted
|Denmark
|Copenhagen, Denmark
|8
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1821
|Demonstration of electric motor
|Faraday
|London, England
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1822
|Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light
|Augustin Fresnel
|Gironde River, France
|8
|8
|Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1824
|1824
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society
|-
|-
|1824
|1824
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|Paris, France
|Paris, France
|8
|8
|Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1824
|1824
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1828
|1828
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|Albany, NY, USA
|Albany, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1828
|1828
|Ohm's Law/resistance
|Ohm's Law
|Ohm
|Ohm
|Cologne, Germany
|Cologne, Germany
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1830
|1830
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|Glasgow, Scotland
|Glasgow, Scotland
|8
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|-
|1831
|1831
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1833
|1833
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|Cambridge, England
|Cambridge, England
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1833
|1833
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|Goettingen, Germany
|Goettingen, Germany
|8
|8
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1834
|1834
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|Dundee, Scotland
|Dundee, Scotland
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1836
|1836
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1837
|1837
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1837
|1837
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|Rutland, VT, USA
|Rutland, VT, USA
|1
|1
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology
|-
|-
|1840
|1840
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|Birmingham, England
|Birmingham, England
|8
|8
|Industry Applications
|-
|-
|1840
|1840
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1844
|1844
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|Maryland, USA
|Maryland, USA
|2
|2
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1850
|1850
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|Koenigsberg, Germany
|Koenigsberg, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1854
|1854
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|Turin, Italy
|Turin, Italy
|8
|8
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1854
|1854
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|Kentucky, USA
|Kentucky, USA
|3
|3
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1856
|1856
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|8
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1859
|1859
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|Bonn, Germany
|Bonn, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1859
|1859
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|France
|France
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1860
|1860
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|London
|London
|8
|8
|-
|Industry Applications
|1863
|Early Generator
|Paccinotti
|Italy
|8
|-
|-
|1868
|1868
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|France
|France
|8
|8
|Power Engineering Society
|-
|-
|1873
|1873
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|Belgium
|Belgium
|8
|8
|Photonics Society, PES, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1874
|1874
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|Kent, England
|Kent, England
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
|-
|-
|1875
|1875
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|Kalamazoo, MI, USA
|Kalamazoo, MI, USA
|4
|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
|-
|-
|1877
|1877
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|Boston
|Boston
|1
|1
|-
|Broadcast Technology Society
|1877
|Dynamic Microphone
|Siemens
|Germany
|8
|-
|-
|1877
|1877
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|Philadelphia, Pa, USA
|Philadelphia, Pa, USA
|2
|2
|Industry Applications
|-
|-
|1877
|1877
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|Boston, MA, USA
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|1
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1878
|1878
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|France
|France
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1878
|1878
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|Germany
|Germany
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1879
|1879
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting
|Brush
|Brush
|Cleveland, Oh, USA
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1880
|1880
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|New York
|New York
|1
|1
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1880
|1880
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|Grand Rapids, MI, USA
|Grand Rapids, MI, USA
|4
|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society
|-
|-
|1880
|1880
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|Wabash, Indiana
|Wabash, Indiana
|4
|4
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1881
|Induction Telegraph
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|ComSoc
|-
|-
|1881
|1881
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|Holyoke, Mass., USA
|Holyoke, Mass., USA
|1
|1
|Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|-
|1881
|1881
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|Bombay, India
|Bombay, India
|10
|10
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1881
|1881
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|Paris, France
|Paris, France
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|Halensee, Germany
|Halensee, Germany
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|4
|4
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|Surrey, England
|Surrey, England
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1882
|1882
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|Saxony, Germany
|Saxony, Germany
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1885
|1885
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|-
|1885
|1885
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|Lynn, Ma
|Lynn, Ma
|1
|1
|Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1885
|Telegraphony
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|ComSoc
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
|Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
|8
|8
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Richmond, VA, USA
|Richmond, VA, USA
|3
|3
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Spain
|Spain
|8
|8
|Oceanic Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Oberlin, OH, USA
|Oberlin, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Industry Applications Society
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Paris, France
|Paris, France
|8
|8
|Industry Applications Society
|-
|-
|1886
|1886
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|Montgomery, AL, USA
|Montgomery, AL, USA
|3
|3
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1887
|Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1887
|1887
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|Mannheim, Germany
|Mannheim, Germany
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1888
|1888
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|New York  
|New York  
|1
|1
|-
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
|1888
|AC Induction Motor
|Ferraris
|Turin, Italy
|8
|-
|-
|1889
|1889
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|Kansas City, MO, USA
|Kansas City, MO, USA
|4
|4
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1889
|1889
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|Minas Gerais, Brazil
|Minas Gerais, Brazil
|9
|9
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1890
|1890
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|Des Moines, Iowa
|Des Moines, Iowa
|4
|4
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1890
|1890
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|Chicago, USA
|Chicago, USA
|4
|4
|Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society
|-
|-
|1890
|1890
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|Williamette Falls, Or
|Williamette Falls, Or
|6
|6
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1890
|1890
|Punched-card Machine
|Punched-card Machine
|Holerith
|Hollerith
|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
|Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society
|-
|-
|1892
|1892
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|Benelux section
|Benelux section
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1892
|Practical Third-Rail System
|Granville T Woods
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1893
|1893
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|Brooklyn, NY, USA
|Brooklyn, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1895
|1895
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|Wuerzburg, Germany
|Wuerzburg, Germany
|8
|8
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1896
|Safety Dimmer
|Granville T Woods
|New York, NU, USA
|1
|Power & Energy
|-
|-
|1897
|1897
|CRT
|Cathode Ray Tube
|Braun
|Braun
|Strausbourg, Germany
|Strausbourg, Germany
|8
|8
|Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1897
|1897
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|Cambridge, England
|Cambridge, England
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|Publication of "Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena"
|Steinmetz
|Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.
|1
|Power & Energy Society
|-
|-
|1899
|1899
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|At&t,  
|At&t,  
|1
|1
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1899
|1899
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|Denmark
|Denmark
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1901
|1901
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|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
|Consumer Electronics Society, Professional Communications Society
|-
|-
|1901
|1901
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|Hewit, NY, USA
|Hewit, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1902
|1902
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|Murphy, KY, USA
|Murphy, KY, USA
|3
|3
|Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|-
|1902
|1902
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|Ithaca, NY, USA
|Ithaca, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|-
|1902
|1902
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|England  
|England  
|8
|8
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1904
|1904
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|New York, NY
|New York, NY
|1
|1
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|Germany
|Germany
|8
|8
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|Brixton, England
|Brixton, England
|8
|8
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|Vienna, Austria
|Vienna, Austria
|8
|8
|Communications Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|US
|US
|1
|1
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1906
|1906
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|Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia
|Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia
|8
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|-
|1907
|1907
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|USA
|USA
|4
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1907
|1907
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|New Berlin, OH, USA
|New Berlin, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1910
|1910
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|Sweden  
|Sweden  
|8
|8
|Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1910
|1910
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|France  
|France  
|8
|8
|Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|-
|1910
|1910
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|Us
|Us
|1
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|-
|1911
|1911
Line 616: Line 773:
|Dayton, OH, USA
|Dayton, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1914
|1914
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|Cleveland, OH, USA
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Power and Energy Society, Product Safety Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|-
|1915
|1915
|1st Transcontinental Telephone
|Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|Bell and Watson
|San Francisco
|San Francisco
|6
|3 and 6
|-
|Communications Society
|1915
|2nd Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|Washington, DC, USA
|3
|-
|-
|1916
|1916
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|Arlington, Virginia
|Arlington, Virginia
|2
|2
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1916
|1916
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|San Francisco
|San Francisco
|6
|6
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1917
|1917
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|Columbia University, New York City
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|1
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1917
|1917
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|France
|France
|8
|8
|Electron Devices
|-
|-
|1917
|1917
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|Wales
|Wales
|8
|8
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1918
|1918
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|Detroit, USA
|Detroit, USA
|4
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1918
|1918
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|Ashland, MA, USA
|Ashland, MA, USA
|1
|1
|-
|Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|1919
|Neutrodyne Hazeltine
|Hoboken
|NJ, USA
|1
|-
|-
|1919
|1919
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|Japan
|Japan
|10
|10
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1921
|Magnetron
|Hall
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|Magnetics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
|-
|-
|1921
|1921
|Magnetron Hall
|Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations
|Schenectady
|Edith Clarke
|NY, USA
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|-
|1923
|1923
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|Valley, Forge, PA, USA
|Valley, Forge, PA, USA
|1
|1
|Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
|-
|-
|1924
|1924
Line 706: Line 871:
|Bell Labs
|Bell Labs
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|-
|1925
|1925
Line 712: Line 878:
|France
|France
|8
|8
|Industrial Electronics Society, Photonics Society
|-
|-
|1925
|1925
Line 718: Line 885:
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|1
|-
|Signal Processing Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|1925
|Quartz Crystal Watch
|Numerous
|New York
|1
|-
|-
|1926
|1926
Line 730: Line 892:
|Chicago, USA
|Chicago, USA
|4
|4
|-
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|1926
|Mechanical TV/1st TV License
|Baird
|London, England
|8
|-
|-
|1926
|1926
Line 742: Line 899:
|Capetown, South Africa
|Capetown, South Africa
|8
|8
|Geoscience & Remote Sensing
|-
|-
|1927
|1927
Line 748: Line 906:
|Hollywood, USA
|Hollywood, USA
|6
|6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
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|-
|1927
|1927
Line 754: Line 913:
|WestChicago, USA
|WestChicago, USA
|4
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1927
|1927
Line 760: Line 920:
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|1
|Computer Society
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|-
|1927
|1927
Line 766: Line 927:
|Bell Labs
|Bell Labs
|1
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Signal Processing Society
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|-
|1927
|1927
Line 772: Line 934:
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|8
|8
|Circuits and Systems Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1927
|1927
Line 778: Line 941:
|Stillwater, MN, USA
|Stillwater, MN, USA
|4
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1927
|1927
Line 784: Line 948:
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|1
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society
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|-
|1928
|1928
Line 790: Line 955:
|USA
|USA
|6
|6
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|-
|1928
|1928
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|Germany
|Germany
|8
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Product Safety Engineering Society
|-
|-
|1929
|1929
Line 802: Line 969:
|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|-
|1929
|1929
Line 808: Line 976:
|Jena, Germany
|Jena, Germany
|8
|8
|Signal Processing Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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|-
|1929
|1929
Line 814: Line 983:
|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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|-
|1929
|1929
Line 820: Line 990:
|Austria,  
|Austria,  
|8
|8
|Signal Processing Society, Magnetics Society
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|-
|1930
|1930
|Fm
|FM
|Armstrong
|Armstrong
|Columbia University, New York City
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|1
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|-
|1931
|1931
Line 832: Line 1,004:
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|6
|6
|-
|Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|1931
|Crystal Microphone
|Sawyer
|Cleveland Hts., OH, USA
|2
|-
|-
|1931
|1931
Line 844: Line 1,011:
|Stamford, CT, USA
|Stamford, CT, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1931
|1931
Line 850: Line 1,018:
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|2
|2
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society
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|-
|1932
|1932
Line 856: Line 1,025:
|Muscle Shoals, AL
|Muscle Shoals, AL
|3
|3
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1933
|1933
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|Balaclava
|
|Ukraine
|Balaclava, Ukraine
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1934
|1934
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ  
|Chicago
|Hammond/Hane
|IL, USA
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
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|-
|1934
|1934
Line 874: Line 1,046:
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1934
|1934
Line 880: Line 1,053:
|Rechlin, Germany
|Rechlin, Germany
|8
|8
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
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|-
|1935
|1935
Line 886: Line 1,060:
|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
|-
|-
|1935
|1935
Line 892: Line 1,067:
|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1936
|1936
Line 898: Line 1,074:
|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
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|-
|1936
|1936
Line 904: Line 1,081:
|Boulder City, NV, USA
|Boulder City, NV, USA
|6
|6
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1938
|1938
Line 910: Line 1,088:
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
|6
|6
|Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Circuits and Systems Society
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|-
|1938
|1938
Line 916: Line 1,095:
|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
|-
|Consumer Electronics Society
|1939
|1st Electronic-digital Computerat
|Anasoff/Beames
|IA, USA
|4
|-
|194?
|Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell
|Stanford and Harvard, USA
|1
|-
|-
|1941
|1941
Line 934: Line 1,102:
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|4
|4
|Robotics and Automation Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
|-
|-
|1941
|1941
Line 940: Line 1,109:
|Grandpa's Knob, VT
|Grandpa's Knob, VT
|1
|1
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1943
|1943
Line 946: Line 1,116:
|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
|-
|Computer Society
|1943
|Special-purpose Electronic Computer (colossus)
|Newman/Flowers
|Buckinghamshire, England
|8
|-
|1946
|Project Diana (ASC Electronics)
|Numerous Inventors
|Wall, NJ, USA
|1
|-
|-
|1948
|1948
Line 964: Line 1,123:
|Chicago, IL, USA
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|4
|Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
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|-
|1948
|1948
Line 970: Line 1,130:
|Oregon, USA
|Oregon, USA
|6
|6
|Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1948
|1948
|LP
|LP Phonograph Record
|Goldmark
|Goldmark
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1949
|1949
Line 982: Line 1,144:
|Anaheim, CA, USA
|Anaheim, CA, USA
|6
|6
|-
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|1952
|Cinerama
|Numerous
|New York, USA
|1
|-
|1952
|Compiler
|Hopper
|Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|-
|-
|1952
|1952
Line 1,000: Line 1,151:
|Harvard University,  
|Harvard University,  
|1
|1
|Magnetics Society, Computer Society
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|-
|1952
|1952
Line 1,006: Line 1,158:
|Philadelphia, pa, USA
|Philadelphia, pa, USA
|2
|2
|Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1954
|1954
Line 1,012: Line 1,165:
|Indianapolis, In, USA
|Indianapolis, In, USA
|4
|4
|Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
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|-
|1956
|1956
Line 1,018: Line 1,172:
|PA, USA
|PA, USA
|2
|2
|Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1956
|1956
Line 1,024: Line 1,179:
|New York,  
|New York,  
|1
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1956
|1956
|IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core
|IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core
|Numerous
|Numerous
|SanJose, CA, USA
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|6
|Computer Society, Magnetics Society
|-
|-
|1956
|1956
Line 1,036: Line 1,193:
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|1
|1
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|-
|1956
|1956
Line 1,042: Line 1,200:
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|4
|4
|Reliability Society, Electronics Packaging Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
|-
|-
|1957
|1957
Line 1,048: Line 1,207:
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|2
|2
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1957
|Alkaline battery
|Lewis Urry
|Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
|2
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|-
|1958
|1958
Line 1,054: Line 1,221:
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|5
|5
|Solid-State Circuits Society
|-
|-
|1958
|1958
Line 1,060: Line 1,228:
|Ames, IA, USA
|Ames, IA, USA
|4
|4
|Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
|-
|-
|1959
|1959
Line 1,066: Line 1,235:
|Vancouver, Canada
|Vancouver, Canada
|7
|7
|Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|-
|1959
|1959
Line 1,072: Line 1,242:
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|5
|5
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1959
|1959
Line 1,078: Line 1,249:
|Tokyo, Japan
|Tokyo, Japan
|10
|10
|Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|-
|1960
|1960
Line 1,084: Line 1,256:
|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
|Computer Society
|-
|1960
|Kalman Filter
|Rudolf Kalman
|Baltimore, MD, USA
|2
|Control Systems Society
|-
|-
|1962
|1962
|GE LED
|GE Light Emitting Diode
|Numerous
|Numerous
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1962
|Infrared Semiconductor Laser Diode
|Hall et al
|Schenectady, NY USA
|1
|Photonics Society
|-
|-
|1962
|1962
Line 1,096: Line 1,284:
|Clarence, NewYork
|Clarence, NewYork
|1
|1
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|-
|-
|1962
|1962
Line 1,102: Line 1,291:
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|1
|1
|Robotics and Automation Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|-
|-
|1962
|1962
Line 1,108: Line 1,298:
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|6
|6
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1963
|1963
Line 1,114: Line 1,305:
|New Mexico
|New Mexico
|6
|6
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
|-
|-
|1963
|1963
Line 1,120: Line 1,312:
|Philadelphia
|Philadelphia
|2
|2
|-
|Broadcast Technology Society
|1964
|Basic
|Kurtz
|Hanover, NH, USA
|1
|-
|-
|1964
|1964
Line 1,132: Line 1,319:
|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1964
|1964
Line 1,138: Line 1,326:
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|4
|4
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1964
|1964
Line 1,144: Line 1,333:
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1965
|1965
Line 1,150: Line 1,340:
|Boston, MA, USA
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1965
|1965
Line 1,156: Line 1,347:
|Colorado, USA
|Colorado, USA
|5
|5
|Product Safety Engineering Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|-
|1967
|1967
Line 1,162: Line 1,354:
|London, England
|London, England
|1
|1
|Signal Processing Society
|-
|-
|1967
|1967
|Viterbi Algorithm
|Viterbi Algorithm
|California
|Viterbi
|USA
|California, USA
|6
|6
|Signal Processing Society, Communications Society
|-
|1968
|Semiconductor Epitaxial Layers MOCVD
|Manasevit
|Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
|
|-
|-
|197?
|1970
|Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) scans
|Semiconductor Infrared Layer Diode
|Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfeld
|Numerous inventors
|England
|Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
|8
|
|-
|-
|1970
|1970
|Pascal
|Pascal Programming Language
|Wirth
|Wirth
|Zurich, Switzerland
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|-
|1970
|1970
Line 1,186: Line 1,387:
|San Jose, CA, USA
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|6
|-
|Computer Society
|1971
|Intel 4004
|Grove et al.
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|-
|1971
|Microprocessor
|Hoff et al.
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|-
|-
|1972
|1972
Line 1,204: Line 1,394:
|Australia
|Australia
|10
|10
|-
|Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Signal Processing Society, Social Implications of Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|1972
|Xerox Alto
|Palo Alto
|CA, USA
|6
|-
|1973
|Ethernet
|Metcalfe
|EtPaloAlto, CA, USA
|6
|-
|-
|1974
|1974
Line 1,222: Line 1,401:
|Englewood, NJ, USA
|Englewood, NJ, USA
|1
|1
|Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1978
|Semiconductor Infrared Laser Diode
|
|Urbana, IL U.S.A.
|
|-
|-
|1979
|1979, 1980
|Oracle Database
|Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
|Ellison
|Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino
|Menlo Park, CA, USA
|Oxford and Grenoble
|6
|8
|Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|-
|1980
|1980
Line 1,234: Line 1,421:
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|-
|1981
|1981
Line 1,240: Line 1,428:
|Zurich, Switzerland
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|8
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|-
|1982
|1982
|Sun 1
|Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
|Palo Alto
|Princeton
|CA, USA
|NJ, USA
|6
|2
|Nuclear and Plasma Society
|-
|1988
|Fractal Antenna
|Belmont
|MA, USA
|1
|Antennas & Propagation Society
|-
|1990
|Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing)
|Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute
|New York City, USA
|1
|Signal Processing Society
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 14:18, 5 March 2024

A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  The technical area/society given is for suggestion only; it does not restrict the achievement to that society. Multiple societies may cosponsor milestone proposals. Please feel free to suggest others to ieee-history@ieee.org  -- or even better -- propose an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the Milestone Guidelines for more information on the milestone process.

To check whether someone is already working on a specific achievement, consult the Milestones Status Report which shows the status of Milestones or Special Citation proposals.

There is also a list according to regions of milestones which have already been dedicated.

Additional achievements suitable for Milestones include:

Last updated: 30 November 2023

Date Milestone Associated person Location IEEE Region Technical area/society
4th Century Bce Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, (could Also Be 1040-44, Book collection of Most Important Military Techniques, Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China) Wang Xu Defeng County, Henan, China 10 Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
Date unknown Abacus Ancient Greece?, Middle East?, India? China? 8 or 10 Computer
1617 Napier's Bones Napier Edinburgh, Scotland 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
1621 Slide Rule Oughtred Albury, England 8 Computer Society
1623 Mechanical Calculator Schichard Tuebingen, Germany 8 Computer Society
1642 Advanced Calculator Pascal Paris or Rouen, France 8 Computer Society
1671 Reliable Calculator Liebniz Mainz, Germany 8 Computer Society
1729 Discovery of Conduction Gray London 8 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
1745 "Leyden Jar" type Capacitator Ewald G. von Kleist Germany 8 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
1746 Leyden Jar Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany 8 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
1790 Galvanism Galvani Bologna, Italy 8 Power and Energy Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
1808 Arc Lighting Davy England 8 Power and Energy Society
1810 Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommering Munich, Germany 8 Communication Society
1820 Discovery of Electromagnetism Oersted Copenhagen, Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society
1821 Demonstration of electric motor Faraday London, England 8 Power and Energy Society
1822 Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light Augustin Fresnel Gironde River, France 8 Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1824 Electromagnet Sturgeon London, England 8 Magnetics Society
1824 Galvanometer Ampere Paris, France 8 Power Electronics Society
1824 Thermocouple Seebech Berlin, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1828 Electric Motor Henry Albany, NY, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1828 Ohm's Law Ohm Cologne, Germany 8 Power and Energy Society
1830 Bimetallic Thermostat Ure Glasgow, Scotland 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1831 Discovery of Induction Faraday London, England 8 Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
1833 Difference Engine Babbage Cambridge, England 8 Computer Society
1833 Electric Telegraph Key Gauss/weber Goettingen, Germany 8 Communications Society
1834 Early Electric Light Lindsay Dundee, Scotland 8 Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1836 Electric Telegraph Cooke & Wheatsone London, England 8 Communications Society
1837 Analytical Engine Babbage London, England 8 Computer Society
1837 Practical Electric Motor Davenport Rutland, VT, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology
1840 Electroplating Wright Birmingham, England 8 Industry Applications
1840 First program Ada Augusta London, England 8 Computer Society
1844 Washington-Baltimore Telegraph Morse Maryland, USA 2 Communications Society
1850 Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff Koenigsberg, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1854 Electric Loom Bonelli Turin, Italy 8 Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
1854 Printing Telegraph Hughes Kentucky, USA 3 Communications Society
1856 Shuttle-wound Armature Von Siemens Berlin, Germany 8 Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
1859 Discovery of Cathode Rays Pluker Bonn, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society
1859 Storage Battery Plante France 8 Electron Devices Society
1860 Arc Welding Wilde London 8 Industry Applications
1868 Primary Dry Cell Leclanche France 8 Power Engineering Society
1873 DC Generator/lighthouses Gramme Belgium 8 Photonics Society, PES, Vehicular Technology Society
1874 Early Electric Car Salomans Kent, England 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
1875 Electric Dental Drill Green Kalamazoo, MI, USA 4 Industrial Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
1877 Dynamic Microphone Curtis/Reddi Boston 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1877 Resistance Welding Thompson Philadelphia, Pa, USA 2 Industry Applications
1877 Telephone Switchboard Holmes Boston, MA, USA 1 Communications Society
1878 Alternator Gramme/Fonta France 8 Power and Energy Society
1878 Alternator Siemens Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
1879 Commercial Use of Arc-lighting Brush Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Power and Energy Society
1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer Latimer New York 1 Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1880 Early Hydroelectric Site Numerous Grand Rapids, MI, USA 4 Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society
1880 First Electrically Lit Town Numerous Wabash, Indiana 4 Power and Energy Society
1881 Induction Telegraph Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 ComSoc
1881 Commercial Music Over Wire Cahill Holyoke, Mass., USA 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1881 Solar-powered Pump Adams Bombay, India 10 Power and Energy Society
1881 Transformer Gaulard/Gibb Paris, France 8 Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey
1882 Elektromote Trackless Car Von Siemens Halensee, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society
1882 Commercial Electric Fan Crocker/Curt New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Brush Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Power and Energy Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Calder/Barre Surrey, England 8 Power and Energy Society
1882 Electric Iron Seely New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1882 Electric Mine Railway Von Siemens Saxony, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
1885 Magnetic Circuit Theory Hopkinson London, England 8 Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1885 Mass Production of Edison Lamps Thomson Lynn, Ma 1 Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society
1885 Telegraphony Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 ComSoc
1886 Bayonet Cap Light Bulb Swan Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 8 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1886 Electric Heater Burton Richmond, VA, USA 3 Power and Energy Society
1886 Electric Submarine Peral Spain 8 Oceanic Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Hall Oberlin, OH, USA 2 Industry Applications Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Herault Paris, France 8 Industry Applications Society
1886 First Electric Trolley System Numerous people Montgomery, AL, USA 3 Vehicular Technology Society
1887 Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1887 Electric Elevator Von Siemens Mannheim, Germany 8 Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1888 AC Induction Motor Tesla New York 1 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
1889 Automatic Telephone Exchange Strowger Kansas City, MO, USA 4 Communications Society
1889 Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant Numerous Minas Gerais, Brazil 9 Power and Energy Society
1890 Electric Motor Car Morrison Des Moines, Iowa 4 Vehicular Technology Society
1890 High-frequency Generator Thomson Chicago, USA 4 Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society
1890 Long-distance AC Transmission Numerous Inventors Williamette Falls, Or 6 Power and Energy Society
1890 Punched-card Machine Hollerith Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society
1892 Lorentz Paper On The Electron Lorentz Benelux section 8 Electron Devices Society
1892 Practical Third-Rail System Granville T Woods New York, NY, USA 1 Vehicular Technology Society
1893 Coney Island Electric Escalator Reno Brooklyn, NY, USA 1 Power and Energy Society
1895 X-rays Roentgen Wuerzburg, Germany 8 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1896 Safety Dimmer Granville T Woods New York, NU, USA 1 Power & Energy
1897 Cathode Ray Tube Braun Strausbourg, Germany 8 Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1897 Discovery of Electron Thomson Cambridge, England 8 Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
Publication of "Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena" Steinmetz Schenectady, New York, U.S.A. 1 Power & Energy Society
1899 Loading Coil Pupin At&t, 1 Communications Society
1899 Magnetic Recording Poulsen Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
1901 Electric Typewriter Cahill Washington, DC, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society, Professional Communications Society
1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp Cooper Hewit, NY, USA 1 Power and Energy Society
1902 Early Broadcast Stubblefield Murphy, KY, USA 3 Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1902 Oscilloscope Ryan Ithaca, NY, USA 1 Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1902 George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector Birmingham England 8 Consumer Electronics Society
1904 Transposition of AC lines Frank Fowle New York, NY 1 Power and Energy Society
1906 Crystal Detector Dunwoody/Pic Washington, DC, USA 2 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1906 Crystal Detector Braun Germany 8 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1906 Sound Film Lauste Brixton, England 8 Communications Society
1906 Telephone Amplifier Tube Von Lieben Vienna, Austria 8 Communications Society
1906 Triode DeForrest US 1 Electron Devices Society
1906 Electromagnetic Seismograph Dorpat Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1907 Cinema Projection System Bell and Howell USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society
1907 Upright Vacuum Cleaner Spangler New Berlin, OH, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society
1910 Ni-Cd Battery Jungner Sweden 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
1910 Radio Direction Finder Bellini/Tosiboulogne France 8 Antennas and Propagation Society
1910 Tungsten Filament Coolidge Us 1 Circuits and Systems Society
1911 Automobile Self Starter Kettering Dayton, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1914 Electric Traffic Light Benesch Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Power and Energy Society, Product Safety Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1915 Transcontinental Telephone Bell and Watson San Francisco 3 and 6 Communications Society
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous Arlington, Virginia 2 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous San Francisco 6 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1917 Superheterodyne Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1 Electron Devices Society
1917 Superheterodyne Levy France 8 Electron Devices
1917 VHF Marconi Wales 8 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1918 Electric Refrigerator Wales Et Al. Detroit, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1918 Practical AC Clock Warren Ashland, MA, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1919 Permanent Electrostatic Fields Eguchi Japan 10 Electron Devices Society
1921 Magnetron Hall Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
1921 Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations Edith Clarke Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1923 PNJ Interconnection Numerous Valley, Forge, PA, USA 1 Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
1924 Stereo Phonography Keller Bell Labs 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1925 Cinemascope Chretien France 8 Industrial Electronics Society, Photonics Society
1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Numerous Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Signal Processing Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1926 All-electric Gramaphone Brunswick Chicago, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1926 South Africa Lightning Research Numerous Capetown, South Africa 8 Geoscience & Remote Sensing
1927 1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer Numerous Inventors Hollywood, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1927 All-electric Juke Box Harrison WestChicago, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society
1927 Differential Analyzer Bush Cambridge, MA, USA 1 Computer Society
1927 Negative Feedback Amp Black Bell Labs 1 Circuits and Systems Society, Signal Processing Society
1927 Pentode Holst/Tellegen Eindhoven, Netherlands 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Power and Energy Society
1927 Pop-up Toaster Strite Stillwater, MN, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society
1927 Technicolor Kalmusetal Cambridge, MA, USA 1 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society
1928 All-electronic TV Farnsworth USA 6 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1928 Geiger Tube Geiger/Mulletuebingen Germany 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Product Safety Engineering Society
1929 Coaxial Cable Numerous New York, NY, USA 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1929 Electro-encephalogram Berger Jena, Germany 8 Signal Processing Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1929 Electron Microscope Knoll/Ruska Berlin, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1929 Recording Tape Pfleumer Austria, 8 Signal Processing Society, Magnetics Society
1930 FM Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1931 Commercial Electric Guitar Rickenbacker Los Angeles, CA, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1931 Electric Razor Schick Stamford, CT, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1931 Iconoscope Zworykin Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society
1932 TVA Numerous Muscle Shoals, AL 3 Power and Energy Society
1933 Wind Turbine Connected To Grid Balaclava, Ukraine 8 Power and Energy Society
1934 Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane Chicago, IL, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1934 Diesel-electric Traction Kettering Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1934 Radio Beam Aerial Navigation Plendl Rechlin, Germany 8 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1935 Early Radar Watson-Watt London, England 8 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
1935 IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1936 AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape Numerous Berlin, Germany 8 Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
1936 Boulder Dam Numerous Boulder City, NV, USA 6 Power and Energy Society
1938 Klystron Varian brothers Silicon Valley, CA, USA 6 Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1938 Xerography Carlson New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1941 Honeywell Electronic Autopilot Numerous Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Robotics and Automation Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine Putnam Grandpa's Knob, VT 1 Power and Energy Society
1943 IBM Mark I Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Computer Society
1948 Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating Libby Chicago, IL, USA 4 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1948 Experimental Cable TV Numerous Inventors Oregon, USA 6 Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society
1948 LP Phonograph Record Goldmark CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1949 Electric Guitar Fender Anaheim, CA, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1952 Magnetic Core Memory Wang Harvard University, 1 Magnetics Society, Computer Society
1952 Univac I Mauchley/Eckert Philadelphia, pa, USA 2 Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1954 Regency Portable Transistor Radpies&Koch Indianapolis, In, USA 4 Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1956 Commercial Nuclear Power Generation Shippingport PA, USA 2 Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1956 Fortran Programming Language Backus New York, 1 Computer Society
1956 IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core Numerous San Jose, CA, USA 6 Computer Society, Magnetics Society
1956 Atomichron National Co. Inc Melrose, Massachusetts, USA 1 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
1956 Flight Data Recorder ("black Box") Ryan University of Minnesota, MN, USA 4 Reliability Society, Electronics Packaging Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
1957 Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. 2 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1957 Alkaline battery Lewis Urry Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. 2 Power and Energy Society
1958 TI Silicon Junction Transistor Teal TI, Dallas, TX, USA 5 Solid-State Circuits Society
1958 Van Allen Belts Van Allen Ames, IA, USA 4 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
1959 Point-to-point Microwave Radio Numerous Vancouver, Canada 7 Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1959 Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled Numerous Port Arthur, Tx, USA 5 Computer Society
1959 Tunnel Diode Esaki Tokyo, Japan 10 Circuits and Systems Society
1960 COBOL Numerous Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer Society
1960 Kalman Filter Rudolf Kalman Baltimore, MD, USA 2 Control Systems Society
1962 GE Light Emitting Diode Numerous Syracuse, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1962 Infrared Semiconductor Laser Diode Hall et al Schenectady, NY USA 1 Photonics Society
1962 Implantable Pacemaker Greatbach Clarence, NewYork 1 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
1962 Unimation Industrial Robot Numerous Danbury, Ma, USA 1 Robotics and Automation Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
1962 Space War: 1st Computer Game Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen Brand, Stanford University, USA 6 Computer Society
1963 Langmuir Lab Numerous New Mexico 6 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
1963 Instant replay Tony Verna Philadelphia 2 Broadcast Technology Society
1964 IBM 360 Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Computer Society
1964 Laser Holography Numerous Inventors Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4 Electron Devices Society
1964 Voltage-controlled Music Synth Moog Trumansburg, NY, USA 1 Circuits and Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1965 PDP-8 Numerous Boston, MA, USA 1 Computer Society
1965 Affordable Home Smoke Detector Lakewood Colorado, USA 5 Product Safety Engineering Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1967 Dolby Sound Dolby London, England 1 Signal Processing Society
1967 Viterbi Algorithm Viterbi California, USA 6 Signal Processing Society, Communications Society
1968 Semiconductor Epitaxial Layers MOCVD Manasevit Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
1970 Semiconductor Infrared Layer Diode Numerous inventors Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
1970 Pascal Programming Language Wirth Zurich, Switzerland 8 Computer Society
1970 Codd's Relational Database Paper Codd San Jose, CA, USA 6 Computer Society
1972 Cochlear Implant Graeme/Clark Australia 10 Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Signal Processing Society, Social Implications of Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A) Numerous Englewood, NJ, USA 1 Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1978 Semiconductor Infrared Laser Diode Urbana, IL U.S.A.
1979, 1980 Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino Oxford and Grenoble 8 Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1980 Mandelbrot article on fractals Mandlebrot Yorktown Heights, NY, USA 1 Electron Devices Society
1981 Scanning Tunneling Microscope IBM Labs Zurich, Switzerland 8 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1982 Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Princeton NJ, USA 2 Nuclear and Plasma Society
1988 Fractal Antenna Belmont MA, USA 1 Antennas & Propagation Society
1990 Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing) Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute New York City, USA 1 Signal Processing Society