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Timeline of Photography (Bellis):

5th-4th Centuries B.C.
Chinese and Greek philosophers describe the basic principles of optics and the camera.
1664-1666
Isacc Newton discovers that light is composed of several different colors thus eventually leading to the development of color photographs
1814
First photograph is printed by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using the camera obscura
1837
Daguerre’s first daguerreotype – a printed photograph that did not fade away
1841
William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process – printing multiple photographs from the same negative
1851
Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process reducing exposure time from half an hour to only a few seconds
1871
Richard Leach Maddox developed the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process
1888
Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.
1900
First mass-marketed camera—the Brownie.
1913/1914
First 35mm still camera developed.
1927
General Electric invents the modern flash bulb.
1935 / 1941 Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film / Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film.
1968
Photograph of the Earth from the moon.
1978
Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera.
1980
Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder.
1984
Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera