Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)

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18th century

1791December 26 – Charles Babbage, British mathematician, inventor (d. 1871)source

19th century

1822July 3 – Charles Babbage publishes a proposal for a difference engine, a forerunner of the modern computer, for calculating logarithms and trigonometric functions. Construction of an operational version will proceed under British Government sponsorship (1823–1832), but it will never be completed.source
1833June 5 – Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, both pioneers in developing a computer, are introduced to each other by Mary Somerville.source
1834Charles Babbage begins the conceptual design of the Analytical Engine, a mechanical forerunner of the modern computer. It will not be built in his lifetime.source
1843September – Ada Lovelace translates and expands Menabrea's notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, including an algorithm for calculating a sequence of Bernoulli numbers, regarded as the world's first computer program.source
1871October 18 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician, inventor (b. 1791)source

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