Industrial Age · North America · Technology

1844

First Telegraph Message

May 24, 1844

From the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol, Samuel Morse tapped out "What hath God wrought" to his assistant in Baltimore. The wire ran along the railroad tracks. Within a decade it would reach across the continent, and news - which had always traveled at the speed of a horse - would travel at the speed of light.

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Before and after in North America

Before: 1843: Ether Anesthesia Glimpsed
After: December 29, 1845: Texas Annexed

Before and after in Technology

Before: May 1, 1840: Penny Black Stamp Issued
After: 1851: Singer Sewing Machine

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.