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Revision as of 18:53, 10 July 2018
This is a timeline of water transport, focusing on the evolution of watercraft.
Contents
Big picture
Time period | Development summary |
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Prehistory | The earliest seaworthy boats may have been developed as early as 45,000 years ago, at the time of the first migration of humans into Australia. |
Ancient history | The Ancient Egyptians already have knowledge of sail construction.[1] Sails are also used in boats in Mesopotamia. The Canal of the Pharaohs and the Lighthouse of Alexandria are early pieces of infrastructure for water navigation. |
20th century | The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.[2] |
21th century | There are more than 6,000 container vessels currently in service.[3] |
Full timeline
Year | Category | Event | Geographical location |
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45000 BC | Notable voyage | The first humans arrive in Australia, presumably by boats and land bridge.[4] | Australia |
6000 BC | Watercraf type | Egyptians already travel in reed boats.[5] | Egypt |
4500 BC | Technology | Mesopotamians add sails to their boats.[5] | Irak |
3500 BC | Watercraft type | Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.[5] | |
2000 BC? | Infrastructure | The Canal of the Pharaohs is built in Egypt.[6] | Egypt |
1575 BC – 1520 BC | Watercraft type | Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known plank vessel, is built.[7][8][9] | United Kingdom |
542 BC | Watercraft | First written record of a trireme.[10] | |
247 BC | Infrastructure | The Lighthouse of Alexandria is completed.[11][12][13] | Egypt |
214 BC | Infrastructure | The Lingqu Canal is built. It is the earliest canal recorded in history.[14][15][16] | China |
c.200 AC | Watercraft type | Junks are developed in China.[17] | China |
984 AC | Infrastructure | Pound locks are used in China.[18][19][20] | China |
c.1000 AC | Leif Ericson reaches North America. This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. | ||
1088 | Technology | Chinese polymath Shen Kuo first describes a magnetic compass in his Dream Pool Essays.[21][22][23] | China |
1159 | The Hanseatic League is founded in the Baltic Sea port of Lübeck as a maritime league.[24][25][26] | Germany | |
c.1190 | English scholar Alexander Neckam writes the first European description of a magnetic compass. | ||
13th century | Technology | Portolan charts are introduced in the Mediterranean. | |
1620 | Watercraft type | Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel builds the world's first submarine.[27][28][29] | Netherlands |
1757 | Technology | London astronomer John Bird makes the first sextant.[30][31][32] | United Kingdom |
1783 | Watercraft | French engineer Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat.[33][34][35] | |
1787 | Watercraft type | American inventor John Fitch designs the first steamboat in the United States.[36][37][38] | United States |
1790 | Infrastructure | Canal Mania –a period of intense canal building, begins in England and Wales. | United Kingdom |
1797 | Infrastructure | The Lune Aqueduct is completed.[39] | United Kingdom |
1799 | Infrastructure | The Edstone Aqueduct is completed.[39] | United Kingdom |
1803 | Watercraft type | Scottish engineer William Symington's Charlotte Dundas, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.[40][41][42] | |
1804 | Watercraft type | American inventor Oliver Evans builds an early amphibious vehicle.[43][44][45] | United States |
1805 | Infrastructure | The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is completed in Wales.[39] | United Kingdom |
1807 | Watercraft type | American engineer Robert Fulton develops its North River Steamboat, the first commercially successful steamboat.[46][47][48] | United States |
1807 | Technology | French inventor Nicéphore Niépce patents his Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine.[49][50][51] | France |
1819 | Technology | The SS Savannah makes the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship, from Savannah, Georgia to London.[52][53][54] | United States, United Kingdom |
1820 | Notable voyage | Russian officer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovers mainland Antarctica.[55][56][57] | |
1821 | Infrastructure | The Avon Aqueduct is completed in Scotland.[39] | United Kingdom |
1859 | Watercraft type | The first ironclad warship, the Gloire, is launched.[58][59][60] | France |
1861 | Watercraft type | The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.[61] | |
1861 | Watercraft type | The USS Ice Boat (1861) launches as the first purpose-built icebreaker.[62][63] | United States |
1864 | Technology | Ictineo II, by Spanish engineer Narcís Monturiol, becomes the first submarine powered by an internal-combustion engine.[64][65][66] | Spain |
1869 | Infrastructure | The Suez Canal opens.[67][68][69] | Egypt |
1893 | Infrastructure | The Corinth Canal opens.[70][71][72] | Greece |
1895 | Infrastructure | The Kiel Canal opens.[73][74][75] | Germany |
1896 | Infrastructure | The Briare aqueduct opens.[39] | France |
1897 | Watercraft type | The Turbinia is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.[76][77][78] | United Kingdom |
1911 | Watercraft type | Glenn Curtiss builds an early hydroplane.[79][80][81] | United States |
1911 | Technology | The MS Selandia becomes the first important ocean-going vessel to be diesel powered.[82][83][84] | Denmark |
1914 | Infrastructure | The Panama Canal opens.[85][86][87] | Panama |
1915 | Watercraft type | Austrian naval officer Dagobert Müller von Thomamühl creates the first air cushion torpedo speedboat.[88] | Austria |
1918 | Watercraft type | The HMS Furious (47) becomes the first aircraft carrier used in warfare.[89][90][91] | United Kingdom |
1955 | Watercraft type | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launches as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.[92][93][94] | United States |
1957 | Watercraft type | Malcom McLean's Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.[3] | United States |
1959 | Notable voyage | The USS Skate (SSN-578) surfaces at the North Pole.[95][96][97] | |
1961 | Infrastructure | The Ringvaart Aqueduct is built in the Netherlands.[39] | Netherlands |
1966 | Notable voyage | Sea-Land’s Fairland sails from the United States to the Netherlands with 236 containers on-board, in the first international container ship voyage.[3] | United States, Netherlands |
1966 | Infrastructure | Around 1% of countries have container ports.[3] | |
1977 | Notable voyage | Soviet icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole.[98][99][100] | |
1983 | Infrastructure | 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.[3] | |
1985 | Watercraft type | The Sea Shadow (IX-529), an early stealth ship, is launched.[101] | United States |
1994 | Technology | The Global Positioning System becomes operational. | |
2003 | Infrastructure | The Magdeburg Water Bridge opens.[39] | Germany |
2003 | Infrastructure | The Krabbersgat Naviduct opens in the Netherlands.[39] | Netherlands |
2006 | Watercraft type | MS Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner at the time. It can accommodate 3,634 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks.[102] | |
2012 | Watercraft type | Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron reaches the Challenger Deep solo with the Deepsea Challenger. | |
2018 | Watercraft type | MS Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship by gross tonnage at 228,021 GT, sets sail from Barcelona.[103] | Spain |
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How the timeline was built
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What the timeline is still missing
Timeline of transportation technology page 625, [1], [2], Maritime timeline
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
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