Gugglimo Marchoni

Inventor

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1901

First transatlantic wireless reception reported

12 Dec 1901

Elected international member of American Philosophical Society

1901

Marconi Awarded Matteucci Medal for Science

1901

1900

Guglielmo Marconi obtained Patent No. 7777 for tuned telegraphy

1900

Guglielmo Marconi applied for British Patent No. 7,777

26 Apr 1900

1899

Guglielmo Marconi’s equipment reported SS Saint Paul’s arrival by wireless

15 Nov 1899

Guglielmo Marconi installed wireless equipment aboard SS Saint Paul

08 Nov 1899

Travelled to the United States

1899

Guglielmo Marconi achieved wireless transmission across the English Channel

27 Mar 1899

Guglielmo Marconi’s equipment enabled the first wireless distress signal

17 Mar 1899

1898

Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless system was authorised for lighthouse communication

Dec 1898

Guglielmo Marconi’s system was used to report the Kingstown Regatta

Jul 1898

Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless system was tested for Lloyd’s

06 Jul 1898

1897

Guglielmo Marconi founded the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company

20 Jul 1897

Guglielmo Marconi carried out wireless tests at La Spezia

Jul 1897

Guglielmo Marconi’s British Patent No. 12039 was accepted

02 Jul 1897

Guglielmo Marconi’s system was presented at the Royal Institution

04 Jun 1897

Guglielmo Marconi sent the first wireless communication over open sea

13 May 1897

Guglielmo Marconi transmitted Morse code across Salisbury Plain

Mar 1897

1896

Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless work was publicly introduced in London

11 Dec 1896

Guglielmo Marconi’s apparatus was destroyed by British customs officials

1896

Travelled to London for support

1896

Guglielmo Marconi applied for British Patent No. 12039

02 Jun 1896

1895

Concluded wireless telegraphy could be useful

1895

Guglielmo Marconi moved wireless experiments outdoors at Villa Griffone

1895

Guglielmo Marconi improved signal distance using raised and grounded antenna

1895

1894

Marconi's Radio Demonstration to His Mother

Dec 1894

Marconi's Early Radio Wave Experiments

1894

Guglielmo Marconi built a storm alarm

1894

1892

Returned to Bologna and met Augusto Righi

1892