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This page contains notable events about the internet in the year 18th century.
- 1790s: Claude Chappe, French inventor, built several telecommunications systems, using sound and visible signals. The most successful was a semaphore system, later used as a communication system in all France and other European countries.
- March 2, 1791, 11 a.m.: Chappe and his brother send a message between a castle in Brûlon and a house in Parcé, ten miles away. "SI VOUS RÉUSSISSEZ, VOUS SEREZ BIENTÔT COUVERT THE GLOIRE" (IF YOU SUCCEED, YOU WILL SOON BASK IN GLORY).
Gallery
Chappe semaphore
References
- The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage