Guglielmo Marconi was born on 25 April 1874 in Bologna. An Italian inventor born in Bologna, Marconi developed one of the first practical systems of wireless telegraphy. After experiments in Italy, he moved to Britain in 1896, where he patented his apparatus and set up a company that sold radio equipment, especially for ships. In 1901 he reported receiving a transatlantic signal in Newfoundland, sent from Cornwall, a milestone for long-distance radio communication. Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 with Karl Ferdinand Braun, and wireless sets helped save lives in sea disasters such as the sinking of the Titanic. In later years he became a supporter of Italian Fascism.
Before and after
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 25 January 1874Birth of William Somerset Maugham
- 8 March 1874Death of Millard Fillmore
- from 15 April 1874 to 15 May 1874Brooks-Baxter War
- 25 April 1874Birth of Guglielmo Marconi
- May 1874Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- 10 August 1874Birth of Herbert Hoover
- 13 September 1874Birth of Arnold Schoenberg
- 21 November 1874Founding of Aston Villa F.C.
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