Nokia began as a wood-pulp mill. Fredrik Idestam founded it in 1865 in Tampere, Finland, and soon moved operations to the banks of the Nokianvirta river, from which the company took its name. In 1967 it merged with the Finnish Rubber Works and the Finnish Cable Works, forming a conglomerate that made tires, cables and electronics. In the 1990s Nokia focused on telecommunications and became the world's largest mobile phone maker, helped by the success of the GSM standard. It lost the lead to smartphones, sold its handset business to Microsoft in 2014, and now concentrates on network equipment.
Before and after
- from 22 March 1865 to 20 April 1865Wilson's Raid
- 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
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- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
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