Older Than-kaartenset

Uitvindingen en alledaagse dingen

• 3D printing by stereolithographypatented
• Accordionpatented
• Air conditioning (Carrier)first installed
• Air-filled bicycle tyre (Dunlop)patented
• Backless bra (Phelps Jacob)patented
• Ballpoint pen (first patent)patented
• Barcodepatented
• Barometerinvented
• Bubble chamberinvented
• Cash register (Ritty’s patent)patented
• Christmas cardfirst made
• Clear sticky tape (Drew)developed
• Compact Cassetteintroduced
• Compact Disc (audio)first on sale
• Computer mouseinvented
• Crossword puzzlefirst published
• Dishwasher (Cochran’s patent)patented
• DVD playerfirst on sale (Japan)
• Dynamiteinvented
• Earmuffs (Greenwood’s patent)patented
• Electric battery (Volta’s pile)invented
• Esperantofirst published
• Falling-block puzzle game (Pajitnov)first program
• Fax machine (first patent)patented
• Ferris wheelfirst built
• First fully synthetic plasticdeveloped
• Flat-bottomed paper-bag machinepatented
• Hand-cranked ice-cream makerpatented
• Hook-and-loop fastenerpatented (US)
• Jigsaw puzzlefirst made
• Kaleidoscopeinvented
• Laserfirst built
• Lightning rodinvented
• Lithium-ion batteryfirst on sale
• Lockstitch sewing machine (Howe)patented
• Mechanical reaper (McCormick)patented
• Microchip (integrated circuit)invented
• Microwave cookingdiscovered
• Nylonfirst made
• Parachute jump from a balloonfirst made
• Pasteurisationinvented
• Phonographinvented
• Pianoinvented
• Pop-up toaster (Strite’s patent)patented
• Portable electric vacuum cleanerpatented
• Portland cementpatented
• Postage stamp (Penny Black)first issued
• Postcardfirst issued
• PTFE (non-stick plastic)discovered
• QR-codeintroduced
• Reusable “low-tack” gluediscovered
• Rubik’s rotating-cube puzzlefirst prototype
• Safety pin (Hunt’s patent)patented
• Screw-top preserving jar (Mason)patented
• Spinning jennyinvented
• Stethoscopeinvented
• Stud-and-tube toy brickpatent applied for
• Sudokufirst published
• Super-strong aramid fibre (Kwolek)discovered in the lab
• Telephone (Bell’s patent)patented
• Traffic lightfirst installed
• Transistorinvented
• USB 1.0introduced
• Vacuum flask (Dewar)invented
• Visible-light LEDdemonstrated
• Vulcanised rubber (Goodyear)patented
• Walking spring toypatented
• Windscreen wiper (Anderson’s patent)patented
• World Wide Webproposed
• Zip fastener (Sundback)patented

Gebouwen en bezienswaardigheden

• Arch of Constantinededicated
• Atomiumopened
• Bayonne Bridgeopened to traffic
• Berlin TV Towerstarted operating
• Brandenburg Gatecompleted
• British Library (St Pancras)officially opened
• Bronx–Whitestone Bridgeopened to traffic
• Brooklyn Bridgeopened
• Brooklyn–Battery Tunnelopened to traffic
• Burj Khalifaopened
• Canton Toweropened to the public
• Channel Tunnelopened
• Christ the Redeemerinaugurated
• Chrysler Buildingcompleted
• Clifton Suspension Bridgeopened
• CN Towercompleted
• Cologne Cathedralofficially completed
• Colosseumopened
• Crystal Palaceopened (Hyde Park)
• Dome of the Rockcompleted
• Eiffel Toweropened
• Empire State Buildingcompleted
• Flamsteed House (Greenwich)completed
• Florence Cathedral domedome completed
• Forth Bridgeofficially opened
• Gateway Archcompleted
• Golden Gate Bridgeopened
• Hadrian’s Wallconstruction began
• Hagia Sophia (today’s building)completed
• Hoover Damcompleted
• Leaning Tower of Pisaconstruction began
• London Eyeopened for rides
• Mafra Basilicaconsecrated
• Manhattan Bridgeopened to traffic
• Neuschwanstein Castleconstruction began
• Notre-Dame de Parisconstruction began
• Øresund Bridgeopened
• Oslo Opera Houseopened
• Palais Garnierinaugurated
• Panama Canalopened
• Parthenonconstruction began
• Petronas Twin Towerscompleted
• Pont Neufcompleted
• Ponte Vecchio (today’s bridge)completed
• Queen Victoria Buildingopened
• Queens Midtown Tunnelopened to traffic
• Queensboro Bridgeopened to traffic
• Rialto Bridge (stone)completed
• Royal Albert Hallofficially opened
• Sagrada Famíliaconstruction began
• Shakespeare’s Globe (rebuilt)officially opened
• Space Needleopened
• Spanish Stepscompleted
• St. Peter’s Basilicaconstruction began
• Statue of Libertydedicated
• Stonehenge (first stage)first built
• Suez Canalopened
• Sydney Harbour Bridgeopened
• Sydney Opera Houseopened
• Taipei 101completed
• Throgs Neck Bridgeopened to traffic
• Tokyo Towercompleted
• Tower Bridgecompleted
• Trajan’s Columndedicated
• Trevi Fountaincompleted
• Triborough Bridgeopened to traffic
• Verrazzano–Narrows Bridgeopened to traffic
• Washington Monumentcompleted
• White Housefirst lived in
• Williamsburg Bridgeopened to traffic

Plaatsen, instellingen en tradities

• Académie françaisefounded
• Australian National Universityestablished
• Bank of Englandfounded
• Basketballinvented
• Bostonfounded
• Brasíliainaugurated
• British Museumfounded
• Canberraconstruction began
• Chicago (as a city)incorporated
• Chitwan National Parkbecame a national park
• Columbia Universityfounded (as King’s College)
• Dovre National Parkestablished
• FA Cup (first season)first held
• FIFAfounded
• Food and Agriculture Organizationestablished
• Gutulia National Parkestablished
• Harvard Universityfounded
• International Olympic Committeefounded
• Jamestown, Virginiafounded
• Johns Hopkins Universityformally opened
• Kruger National Parkformed
• Kyoto Universityfounded (as Kyoto Imperial University)
• Leiden Universityfounded
• Library of Congressfounded
• Louvre (as a museum)opened
• Metropolitan Museum of Artfounded
• Monash Universityestablished
• Moscow State Universityfounded by decree
• NASAfounded
• Nobel Prize (first awarded)first awarded
• Peking Universityfounded (as the Imperial University of Peking)
• Plitvice Lakes National Parkbecame a national park
• Quebec Cityfounded
• Red Cross (international committee)founded
• Rondane National Parkestablished
• Royal Geographical Societyfounded
• Royal Societyfounded
• Saint Petersburgfounded
• Scoutingfounded
• Smithsonian Institutionfounded
• Stanford Universityfounded (founding grant)
• Sydneyfounded
• Tour de France (first race)first held
• UEFAfounded
• UNICEFestablished
• United Nationsfounded
• University of Buenos Airesestablished
• University of Californiafounded
• University of Cambridgefounded
• University of Coimbrafounded (in Lisbon)
• University of Copenhagenfounded
• University of Glasgowfounded
• University of Grazfounded
• University of Groningenfounded (as an academy)
• University of Melbourneestablished
• University of New South Walesincorporated
• University of Otagofounded
• University of Queenslandestablished by act
• University of Sydneyfounded by act of parliament
• University of Tartufounded (as Academia Gustaviana)
• University of Tokyoestablished
• University of Viennafounded
• University of Western Australiaestablished
• Uppsala Universityfounded
• Volleyballinvented
• Washington, D.C.site chosen
• World Health Organizationconstitution in force
• World Organisation for Animal Healthfounded (as the OIE)
• Yale Universityfounded
• Yellowstone National Parkfounded

Boeken, kunst, muziek en films

• Aida (Verdi)first performed
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlandfirst published
• American Gothic (Wood)painted
• Animal Farmfirst published
• Bicycle Thieves (film)released
• Boléro (Ravel)premiered
• Carmen (Bizet)first performed
• Casablanca (film)released
• Catch-22first published
• City Lights (film)released
• Così fan tutte (Mozart)first performed
• Don Giovanni (Mozart)first performed
• Don Quixote (part one)first published
• Fahrenheit 451 (novel)first published
• Falstaff (Verdi)first performed
• Frankensteinfirst published
• Grimms’ Fairy Tales (first volume)first published
• Guernica (Picasso)painted
• Gulliver’s Travelsfirst published
• Jane Eyrefirst published
• La bohème (Puccini)first performed
• La traviata (Verdi)first performed
• Leaves of Grass (first edition)first published
• Les Misérablesfirst published
• Little Women (first part)first published
• Lohengrin (Wagner)first performed
• Madama Butterfly (Puccini)first performed
• Metropolis (film)released
• Micrographia (Hooke)first published
• Moby-Dickfirst published
• Modern Times (film)released
• Mona Lisabegun
• Nighthawks (Hopper)painted
• Nineteen Eighty-Fourfirst published
• On the Origin of Speciesfirst published
• Otello (Verdi)first performed
• Parsifal (Wagner)first performed
• Pather Panchali (film)released
• Pride and Prejudicefirst published
• Rhapsody in Bluepremiered
• Rigoletto (Verdi)first performed
• Robinson Crusoefirst published
• Romeo and Julietfirst published
• Seven Samurai (film)released
• Swan Lake (ballet)premiered
• Tannhäuser (Wagner)first performed
• The 400 Blows (film)released
• The Adventures of Pinocchiofirst published as a book
• The Call of the Wildfirst published
• The Grapes of Wrathfirst published
• The Great Gatsbyfirst published
• The Hobbitfirst published
• The Jungle Bookfirst published
• The Kid (film)released
• The Little Princefirst published
• The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)first performed
• The Night Watch (Rembrandt)painted
• The Nutcracker (ballet)premiered
• The Scarlet Letterfirst published
• The Scream (Munch)painted
• The Three Musketeersfirst published
• The Wizard of Oz (film)released
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (book)first published
• Things Fall Apartfirst published
• To Kill a Mockingbirdfirst published
• Tokyo Story (film)released
• Tosca (Puccini)first performed
• Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)first performed
• Turandot (Puccini)first performed
• Waldenfirst published

Gebeurtenissen en ontdekkingen

• Aluminiumfirst produced (impure)
• Battle of Actiumfought
• Battle of Hastingshappened
• Battle of Marathonfought
• Battle of Salamisfought
• Boronfirst obtained (impure)
• Caesar crosses the Rubiconhappened
• Calciumfirst isolated
• DNA double helixdescribed
• Electrondiscovered
• Eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeiihappened
• Explorer 1 launchedlaunched
• First ascent of Kilimanjarohappened
• First ascent of Mont Blanchappened
• First ascent of Mount Everesthappened
• First ascent of the Matterhornhappened
• First Boston Marathonfirst run
• First Cannes Film Festivalfirst full festival
• First Edinburgh Fringe showsfirst performances
• First Eurovision Song Contestfirst held
• First flight across the English Channelhappened
• First football World Cupfirst held
• First human heart transplanthappened
• First human in space (Gagarin)happened
• First journey to the South Polehappened
• First long-distance telegram (Morse)happened
• First Moon landing (Apollo 11)happened
• First Rugby World Cupfirst held
• First smallpox vaccination (Jenner)happened
• First solo flight across the Atlantichappened
• First Space Shuttle flightfirst orbital flight
• First Venice Film Festivalfirst held
• First Winter Olympicsfirst held
• First woman in spaceflew
• Heliumseen in sunlight
• Hydrogenidentified as a gas
• Independence of Fijiindependence
• Independence of Ghanaindependence
• Independence of Indiaindependence
• Independence of Jamaicaindependence
• Independence of Kenyaindependence
• Independence of Namibiaindependence
• Independence of Papua New Guineaindependence
• Independence of Singaporeindependence
• Luna 2 reaches the Moonhit the Moon
• Luna 9 lands on the Moonlanded
• Magna Cartasealed
• Moon’s far side photographedphotographed by Luna 3
• Neptunediscovered
• Nickeldiscovered
• Okapidescribed by science
• Penicillindiscovered
• Phosphorusfirst made
• Plutodiscovered
• Potassiumfirst isolated
• Radium (the Curies)discovered
• Rosetta Stonefound
• Scandiumdiscovered
• Siliconfirst prepared
• Sinking of the Titanichappened
• Sodiumfirst isolated
• Sputnik 1 launchedlaunched
• Terracotta Armyfound
• Titaniumdiscovered in a mineral
• Tutankhamun’s tombfound
• Uranusdiscovered
• US Declaration of Independencesigned
• Venera 7 lands on Venuslanded
• Wright brothers’ first powered flighthappened
• X-raysdiscovered

Verrassende vergelijkingen

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• Was the first fax patent issued before Bell’s telephone patent?
• Was the Statue of Liberty dedicated before the Eiffel Tower opened?
• Did the Penny Black stamp come before the first commercial Christmas card?
• Is the Brooklyn Bridge older than Tower Bridge?
• Was basketball invented before volleyball?
• Did the Wright brothers’ first powered flight happen before the first Moon landing?
• Was Harvard founded before the US Declaration of Independence was signed?
• Was Sudoku first published before the crossword puzzle?
• Was Gulliver’s Travels first published before Robinson Crusoe?
• Was Pride and Prejudice first published before Frankenstein?
• Was Loud’s ballpoint pen patented before Sundback’s zip fastener?
• Was Cochran’s dishwasher patented before Spangler’s portable electric vacuum cleaner?
• Was Casablanca released before The Wizard of Oz?
• Did the Wright brothers’ first powered flight predate the sinking of the Titanic?