1714- Henry Mill invents the first type of a typewriter 1715-1807- Many attempts are made at making a working and useful typewriter 1808- Pellegrino Turri creates the first working typewriter 1868- First typewriter is patented that functions made by Christopher Latham Sholes 1874- First typewriter goes on the market 1878- First typewriter contest in which Frank McGurrin typed the fastest 1880- Second typewriter appears on the market 1881- Single Type elements produced (one set of letters, not one for upper and one for lower case letters) 1891- First typewriter where a typist could see what they were typing 1900- Portable typewriters went on the market 1925- Remington creates electric typewriters 1940- Last company to sell blind typewriters( typists couldn't see what they were doing) 1980- People were typing faster than ever before 1980- People start to stop using typewriters due to other methods of type 1990-2000- Computers slowly start to take over the market Today- The keyboard from the typewriter is the very same as the one you use at home.