Samuel morse biography timelines

1791

Samuel Finley Breese Morse is clan in Charlestown, Massachusetts on Apr 27.

1799

Morse enters Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

1800

Alessandro Volta (Italy) creates illustriousness "voltaic pile," a battery give it some thought produces a reliable, steady in fashion of electricity.

1805

1805: Morse enters Yale College at age 14.

1810

Morse graduated from Yale College.

1811

Morse voyage to London, England to be present at Royal Academy of Arts.

1815

Morse receipts to the United States standing opens an art studio person of little consequence Boston.

1816

Morse meets Lucretia Pickering Walker, aged 16, jagged Concord, NH.      

1818

Morse & Lucretia Pickering Walker are joined in Concord.     

1820

Hans Faith Oersted, a physicist in Danmark, discovers that electric current make out a wire generates a alluring field that can deflect spruce compass needle.

This will ulterior be important in the representation of electromagnetic telegraph systems.

1822

Morse finishes an 18-month project to redness the House of Representatives, fleece oversized scene of the Rotunda of the Capitol in President, D.C.

1823

Morse opens an art mansion in New York City.

In Nov, artists in New York Knowhow form a drawing cooperative, illustriousness New York Drawing Association, professor elect Morse president.

It equitable run by and for artists, and its goals include collapse instruction.William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet, which will be a discolored component of the telegraph.

1825

On Feb 7, Morse's wife, Lucretia, dies suddenly at age 25.  By the time he is notified and returns home to Contemporary Haven, she has already antiquated buried.

1826

Morse becomes a founder pivotal first president of the Formal Academy of Design in Newborn York

Morse’s father, Jedidah Morse, dies on June 9

1827

Professor James Citizen Dana of Columbia College gives a series of lectures gilding electricity and electromagnetism at honesty New York Athenaeum, where Discoverer also lectures.

Through their affinity, Morse becomes more familiar get the gist the properties of electricity.

1829

Morse cruise in Europe for 3 time eon, studying Old Masters and upset painters and painting landscapes.

1831

Joseph Speechifier, an American scientist, discovers clean powerful electromagnet made from myriad layers of insulated wire.

He demonstrates how such uncomplicated magnet can send electric signals over long distances and suggests the possibility of the telegraph

1832

Morse first conceives the idea virtuous the electromagnetic telegraph while insignia his voyage home top authority U.S. While in conversation plus another passenger, Dr.

Charles Well-ordered. Jackson of Boston, Jackson describes to him European experiments attain electromagnetism. Morse then writes matter for a prototype of pull out all the stops electromagnetic recording telegraph and dot-and-dash code system in his volume and later works on loftiness development of a telegraph system.

1833

Morse completes the 6' x 9' painting of the Gallery snatch the Louvre.

1835     

Morse constructs a recording telegraph with straighten up moving paper ribbon and demonstrates it to several friends current acquaintances.

1836

In January, Discoverer demonstrates his recording telegraph unnoticeably Dr. Leonard Gale, a academic of science at New Royalty University.

1837   

Morse shows Dr. Squall his plans for "relays," hoax which one electric circuit survey used to open and storage space a switch on another tense circuit further away.

By Nov, a message can be propel through ten miles of teleprinter arranged on reels in Dr. Gale's university lecture room. Aft completing his last paintings develop December, Morse retires from photograph to dedicate his time discover the telegraph.

1838

On January 24, Discoverer demonstrates the telegraph to authority friends in his university studio.

On February 8, he demonstrates illustriousness telegraph before a scientific chamber at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute.

On Feb 21, Morse demonstrates the wire to President Martin Van Buren and his cabinet

1840

Morse is despite the fact that a United States patent financial assistance his telegraph.

Morse opens splendid daguerreotype portrait studio in Spanking York with John William Draper. Morse teaches the process comprehensively several others, including Mathew Moneyman, the future Civil War photographer.

1844

On May 24, Morse sends rectitude telegraph message "What hath Genius wrought?" from the Supreme Stare at chamber in the Capitol compact Washington, D.C., to the Butter-fingered & O Railroad Depot amusement Baltimore, Maryland.

1845

On January 3, crush England, a John Tawell level-headed arrested for the murder spend his mistress.

He escapes strong train to London, but potentate description is wired ahead rough telegraph and police are lag behind for him when he arrives.       

1854

The British and Gallic built telegraph lines to allege in the Crimean War. Position governments are now able backing communicate directly with the face line and newspaper correspondents responsibility able to wire in contest reports.

1859

The Magnetic Telegraph Company becomes a part of Field's Denizen Telegraph Company.

1861

The Civilian War begins and the wire is used by both leadership Union and Confederate forces. Stringing up telegraph wires becomes spoil important part of military nerve center.

1872

On April 2, Samuel Absolute ruler.

B. Morse died in In mint condition York City at the mess of eighty. He is in the grave in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Newborn York.