360What happened in 1876?
8 moments from 1876 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 7 March 1876
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
On 7 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a US patent for the telephone. Three days later, he spoke the first words over it to his assistant: 'Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.' Telephone exchanges soon spread to cities worldwide, beginning the age of instant voice communication.
- On this day · 7 March 1876
Alexander Graham Bell is granted the telephone patent
On 7 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a US patent for the telephone. Three days later, he made the first call to his assistant in the next room: 'Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.' Within decades, telephones linked homes and businesses across the world.
- c. 1876 · from Abdulaziz recovers Riyadh
Abdulaziz is born in Riyadh
- 1876 · from The 19th century: railways, electricity and the modern world
Bell patents the telephone
- 14 February 1876 · from Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Patent application filed
- 7 March 1876 · from Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Patent granted
- 10 March 1876 · from Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
First words spoken by telephone
- 1876 · from The 1870s: the telephone, the phonograph and the light bulb
Bell patents the telephone