1839★★★★★
The daguerreotype is announced
Louis Daguerre's photographic process is made public in France, the first commercially successful form of photography.
TechnologyArt· France
Timeline
5 events19th century
- December 28, 1895★★★★★
Lumière brothers' first public film screening
The Lumière brothers hold a paid public film screening at the Grand Café in Paris, often regarded as the birth of cinema.
CultureTechnologyArt· France
20th century
- May 20, 1927 – May 21, 1927★★★★★
Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh flies solo and nonstop from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis.
TechnologyExploration· United States, France - January 21, 1976★★★★★
Concorde enters commercial service
The Anglo-French supersonic airliner Concorde begins commercial passenger flights.
Technology· United Kingdom, France
21st century
- December 25, 2021★★★★★
Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA–ESA–CSA collaboration, is launched from French Guiana to observe the early universe in infrared.
ScienceTechnology· United States, France