Year
1847 1861 1862 1865 1868 1869 1870 1871 1873 1876 1877 1879 1881 1884 1886 |
What Happened
Edison is born on February 11 in Milan ,Ohio. The U.S. Civil War begins. Edison gets his first telegraphy job in Port Huron. The U.S.Civil War ends. Edison files his first patent (vote recorder). Edison obtains a job at Law’s Gold Indicator Co. Edison opens his first workshop, in Newark, New Jersey. Edison marries Mary Stilwell on December 25. Financial panic causes the U.S. stock market to be closed for ten days. Edison opens the Menlo Park lab. Edison invents the carbon-button telephone transmitter. Edison invents the first cylinder phonograph. Edison achieves success with the incandescent lightbulb. Edison discovers the Edison Effect Edison’s first wife ,Mary, dies on August 9. Edison marries Mina Miller on February 24. |