The International Telecommunication Union began as the International Telegraph Union, established in Paris in May 1865 when twenty European states signed the first International Telegraph Convention. Its goal was to agree on common standards, so that telegraph messages could cross borders without being re-transcribed at each frontier. The organisation later took on telephony and radio, and it adopted its present name in 1932. It became a specialised agency of the United Nations in 1947 and is based in Geneva. It is one of the oldest international organisations in the world and allocates radio spectrum and satellite orbits and sets technical standards for communications networks.
Before and after
- from 29 March 1865 to 9 April 1865Appomattox campaign
- 15 April 1865Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 15 April 1865Death of Abraham Lincoln
- 12 May 1865Founding of Nokia
- 17 May 1865Founding of International Telecommunication Union
- 25 May 1865Birth of Pieter Zeeman
- 3 June 1865Birth of George V
- 13 June 1865Birth of William Butler Yeats
- 27 August 1865Birth of Charles G. Dawes
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- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 19 September 1893New Zealand becomes the first country where women vote
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
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