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1874, April 25

Marconi was born

Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna; his father was Giuseppe Marconi and his mother, Annie Jameson, was a young Irish Protestant. His mother grew him as a Protestant Christian, teaching him the English language. In a second phase of his life, Guglielmo Marconi was converted to Catholicism.

1880/1894

Education

Righi and his Laboratory

Guglielmo Marconi did not accomplished regular studies and did not attend the university. He received his education privately at Bologna, Florence and Livorno. The privileged place for his early experiments remains the famous “bug room” at the family estate in today Sasso Marconi. Among his “guardians”, Vincenzo Rosa and Augusto Righi are particularly reported. Especially, Augusto Righi – a scientist and university professor – was publicly thanked and praised by Marconi for his contribution to his education and scientific activity, introducing him almost as “mentor”.

1894

First Laboratory

Propagation of Electric Waves

Marconi built his first laboratory to perform experiments on the propagation of electric waves. His family, contrary to some rumours – complained by the very Marconi – endorsed and actively and economically supported the efforts of the young scientist.

1895

September

Celestini

The historical experiment “of Celestini” (from the name of the hill) was made; Guglielmo Marconi sent a radio signal at a distance of about 1700 meters; the brother and the bailiff, listening with the receiver, signalled the acknowledge receipt of the signal with a shot.

1896

England

From Italy to England

Guglielmo Marconi moved to England, helped by his knowledge of the language but also spurred – most likely – by his enterpreurial spirit: Marconi realized that England, at the turn of the nineteenth century, was the financial and economic capital of the Planet.

1897, July 2

First Patent

Patent of 1897 – Diagrams

Guglielmo Marconi received his first patent for the system of wireless telegraphy –British Patent No. 12. 039 Improvements in Transmitting Electrical Impulses and Signals, and in Apparatus therefore, applied on June 2, 1896 – opened in fact, the Wireless Universe and its career as an entrepreneur of Communications.

1897

Founding a Company

Marconi’s Telegraph Company

In this important year, Gugliemo Marconi also founded the company “The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company Limited”, later renamed “Marconi’s Telegraph Company Limited” (1900), in Chelmsford (Essex, England) and made demonstrative transmissions for the Italian government in Rome and La Spezia, coming to transmit signals to a distance of about 30 km.

1898, July

Real-time News

Sailing Ragattas of Dublin

Guglielmo Marconi followed the Sailing Ragattas of Dublin on board a ship and sent the news in real time to the Dublin’s Daily Express, which managed to publish the results before the boats’ return.

1898

Ship to Ship

Radio Across the Waves

Two British ships equipped with Marconi’s radiotelegraphic appliances, exchanged radio signals from 140 Km away.

1898, August

Royal Connection

A Commission from Queen Victoria

Marconi was commissioned by the Queen Victoria to maintain her residence in the Isle of Wight in connection with the royal yacht cruising in the Channel, on which was the Prince of Wales, injured a leg: in 16 days 150 messages were sent.

1898, Autumn

On Your Marks !

Sports Commentary In the USA

Guglielmo Marconi duplicated the experiment of sport “commentary” in the United States, that made him very popular.

1900

Patent 7777

Patent and Transmitter

Guglielmo Marconi obtains the famous patent 7777 (tuned or syntonic telegraphy) linked to the system that allows you to assign certain frequencies to different radio stations.

1901, January 23

Over The Horizon

Lizard Wireless Station - Bass Point

Marconi received the first over the horizon wireless signal at the Lizard Wireless Station which was being transmitted from the Isle Of Wight. A distance of 186 miles (300km) which proved that wireless signals followed the earths curvature.

1901, December 12

Across the Pond

Poldhu Transmission

After successfully transmitted signals from the Island of Wight to the tip of Cornwall (approximately 300 km), Gugliemo Marconi made a transatlantic link of nearly 3400 km, between Poldhu (Cornwall, UK) and St. John’s Newfoundland (Canada), showing empirically that the earth curvature does not affect radio transmissions.

1902

Detector Experiments

The Magnetic Detector

Marconi performed experiments with the detector equipment aboard the armoured cruiser Carlo Alberto, placed at his disposal by the Italian government; the same year he patented the “magnetic detector”, a step towards the “fine tuning” radio.

1902

More Experiments

The Daylight Effect

Conducting experiments aboard the U.S. liner Philadelphia, Guglielmo Marconi first demonstrated the “daylight effect” on radio, until then only theorized by the scientific world, thus contributing to research in different fields.

1903, January 18

Radio Telegram

Cape Cod Station

Marconi opened the station of Cape Cod, near Boston, with a radio telegram of President Thodore Roosevelt to S.M. King Edward VII of England.