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This page indexes the individual year in television pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

1900s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s

1900s

• 1900 in television—The word "television" is coined by Constantin Perskyi at the First International Electricity Congress in Paris.
• 1907 in television — Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum, and a cathode-ray tube receiver.
• 1908 in television—In a letter to Nature, A.A. Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.

1920s

• 1923 in television—Vladimir Zworykin patents the "iconoscope", the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera.
• 1925 in television — On October 2 John Logie Baird achieves transmission and remote display of the first television pictures in his laboratory.
• 1926 in television — On January 26, Baird gives the first public demonstration of mechanical television to members of the Royal Institution.
• 1927 in television — Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision system records pictures and sound on conventional 78rpm gramophone records. On January 1 British Broadcasting Corporation received Royal Charter. NBC is founded.
• 1928 in television — Baird demonstrates a mechanical colour television system. On May 28, the first television station, W2XB, begins broadcasting in Schenectady, New York (the forerunner to WRGB). CBS is founded.
• 1929 in television — In September, the Baird Television Development Company begins experimental broadcasting in association with the BBC.

1930s

• 1930 in television – Baird installs a television at 10 Downing Street, London, the British Prime Minister's residence. On July 14, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his family use it to watch the first ever television drama, The Man With the Flower in His Mouth.
• 1931 in television – Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal.
• 1932 in television – The BBC starts a regular public television broadcasting service in the UK.
• 1933 in television – The first television revue, Looking In, is broadcast on the BBC.
• 1934 in television – Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non-mechanical television system. The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company are comes to an end. First 30 Line Mechanical Television Test Transmissions commence in April in Brisbane Australia conducted by Thomas Elliott and Dr Val McDowall.
• 1935 in television – First TV broadcasts in Germany. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision.
• 1936 in television – The BBC starts a regular high-definition (over 200 lines) television service in the UK, the first of its kind in the world.
• 1937 in television – The BBC Television Service broadcasts the world's first televised Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night. January 4: beginning of daily schedule on French television, Paris PTT.
• 1938 in television – DuMont manufactures and sells the first all electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television. The BBC broadcasts the world's first ever television science fiction (R.U.R.), and television crime series (Telecrime).
• 1939 in television – The BBC suspends its television service owing to the outbreak of the Second World War. The first major league baseball game is televised. Broadcasts from 1939 New York World's Fair.

1940s

• 1940 - First broadcast of xxx; the FCC holds public hearings on television.
• 1941 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1942 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1943 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1944 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1945 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1946 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1947 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1948 - First broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show
• 1949 - First broadcast of xxx

1950s

• 1950 - First broadcast of Your Show of Shows
• 1951 - First broadcast of I Love Lucy
• 1952 - First broadcast of Astro Boy
• 1953 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1954 - First broadcast of The Tonight Show
• 1955 - First broadcast of The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke
• 1956 - First broadcast of Playhouse 90, the Eurovision Song Contest and Hancock's Half Hour
• 1957 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1958 - First broadcast of Blue Peter and Moonlight Mask
• 1959 - First broadcast of The Twilight Zone, Rocky and His Friends and Bonanza

1960s

• 1960 - First broadcast of The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Coronation Street
• 1961 - First broadcast of The Defenders and The Morecambe and Wise Show
• 1962 - First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Steptoe and Son, University Challenge, Elgar, That Was The Week That Was, The Late Late Show (Ireland) and Sábado Gigante
• 1963 - First broadcast of The Fugitive and Doctor Who
• 1964 - First broadcast of Bewitched and the Up series
• 1965 - First broadcast of Till Death Us Do Part, Des chiffres et des lettres, Top of the Pops, The Magic Roundabout and The War Game
• 1966 - First broadcast of Star Trek, Ultra Series, Ultraman and Cathy Come Home
• 1967 - First broadcast of The Carol Burnett Show, The Prisoner, The Phil Donahue Show, Ambassador Magma and Today
• 1968 - First broadcast of 60 Minutes, Dad's Army, Elvis and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• 1969 - First broadcast of Sesame Street and Monty Python's Flying Circus

1970s

• 1970 - First broadcast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1971 - First broadcast of All in the Family, Kamen Rider, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Chespirito and Parkinson
• 1972 - First broadcast of M*A*S*H, Mastermind and The Bob Newhart Show
• 1973 - First broadcast of An American Family and The World at War
• 1974 - First broadcast of The Rockford Files, Porridge, Tiswas and Derrick
• 1975 - First broadcast of Saturday Night Live, Super Sentai The Naked Civil Servant and Fawlty Towers
• 1976 - First broadcast of I, Claudius and Nuts in May
• 1977 - First broadcast of Abigail's Party
• 1978 - First broadcast of Taxi, Grange Hill and Pennies from Heaven
• 1979 - First broadcast of Life on Earth and Blue Remembered Hills

1980s

• 1980 - First broadcast of Nightline and Yes Minister
• 1981 - First broadcast of Hill Street Blues, Only Fools and Horses and Brideshead Revisited
• 1982 - First broadcast of Cheers, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Chiquilladas, Boys from the Blackstuff and St. Elsewhere
• 1983 - First broadcast of Oshin, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, An Englishman Abroad and Blackadder
• 1984 - First broadcast of The Cosby Show, La piovra, Neighbours and The Jewel in the Crown
• 1985 - First broadcast of Edge of Darkness
• 1986 - First broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dragon Ball, Casualty, Saint Seiya, The Singing Detective and Pingu; The Fox Broadcasting Company becomes the United States' fourth commercial television network
• 1987 - First broadcast of Thirtysomething, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ramayan, Inspector Morse and Star Trek: The Next Generation
• 1988 - First broadcast of Roseanne and Mahabharat
• 1989 - First broadcast of Seinfeld, Wallace and Gromit, Quantum Leap, Saved by the Bell and The Simpsons

1990s

• 1950 - First broadcast of Law & Order and Twin Peaks
• 1991 - First broadcast of Nummer 28 (considered the first reality television show), Doug, Rugrats and Ren and Stimpy
• 1992 - First broadcast of The Larry Sanders Show, Melrose Place, and Absolutely Fabulous
• 1993 - First broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman, Cracker, The X-Files and Frasier
• 1994 - First broadcast of Friends, The Kingdom and ER
• 1995 - First broadcast of Father Ted, O. J. Simpson murder case and Neon Genesis Evangelion
• 1996 - First broadcast of Jamais deux sans toi...t, Detective Conan, The Daily Show and Our Friends in the North
• 1997 - First broadcast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Un gars, une fille, South Park and I'm Alan Partridge
• 1998 - First broadcast of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Sex and the City and The Royle Family
• 1999 - First broadcast of The Sopranos, SpongeBob SquarePants, Futurama, The West Wing, Big Brother, Yo soy Betty, la fea, One Piece and Trick; launch of TV in Bhutan

2000s

• 2000 - First broadcast of InuYasha, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Survivor, Jackass and A Town Called Panic
• 2001 - First broadcast of Pop Idol, The Secret Life of Us, The Legend of Condor Hero, The Office and Six Feet Under
• 2002 - First broadcast of City of Men, 100 Greatest Britons, Winter Sonata, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and The Wire
• 2003 - First broadcast of Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dae Jang Geum, All In Arrested Development, Gospodari Na Efira and Naruto
• 2004 - First broadcast of Bleach, Desperate Housewives, ¡Anita, no te rajes!, Battlestar Galactica, Hassan and Habibah, Full House, Lost and The X Factor; Euro1080 launches the first high-definition television broadcast
• 2005 - First broadcast of Spiral, Noghtechin, My Lovely Sam Soon, Jayezeye Bozorg, Prison Break and Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
• 2006 - First broadcast of Türkisch für Anfänger, Jumong, Heroes, Princess Hours, Code Geass and 30 Rock; the Netherlands is the first country to move to digital television
• 2007 - First broadcast of Gurren Lagann, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, Golden Bride and Mad Men; the writers' strike shuts down US scripted programming in November
• 2008 - First broadcast of Vampire Knight
• 2009 - First broadcast of xxx

2010s

• 2010 - First broadcast of Blossoming Flowers and Boardwalk Empire
• 2011 - First broadcast of xxx
• 2012 - First broadcast of xxx
• 1986 in television – The Fox Broadcasting Company becomes the United States' fourth commercial television network. Casualty premieres on BBC1 in the UK. Search for Tomorrow ends a 35-year run on daytime.
• 1985 in television – Sábado Gigante moves from Santiago, Chile to Miami, Florida; The Golden Girls debuts on NBC. Discovery Channel signs on. The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts. EastEnders premieres on BBC1 in the UK.
• 1984 in television – The Cosby Show debuts on NBC. The last episode of The Edge of Night airs on ABC. Mother And Son + The Gillies Report, premiere. The Bill and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends premiere on ITV in the UK.
• 1983 in television – over 105 million Americans tune in to watch the final episode of M*A*S*H. Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings become sole anchors of nightly newscasts on NBC and ABC, respectively. The UK's first country-wide breakfast television service launches, Breakfast Time on BBC1. Mini-series The Dismissal + Return To Eden premiere in Australia.
• 1982 in television – Cheers, Family Ties and Late Night with David Letterman debut on NBC, while Channel 4 and S4C both launch in Britain. The popular show The Incredible Hulk, starring Bill Bixby was cancelled by CBS and broadcasted its final episode on May 12, 1982.
• 1981 in television – MTV debuts on Cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day; Hill Street Blues and Dynasty premiere. The unlikely marriage of Luke and Laura Spencer becomes the highest rated hour in soap opera history. The finale of To the Manor Born reaches nearly 24 million viewers in the UK. Dan Rather replaces the retiring Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.
• 1980 in television – A cliffhanger on Dallas asked "Who shot J.R.?", and it is the current 3rd most watched series episode in American television. Cable News Network is launched. Kingswood Country premiers. SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)is launched.The first Children in Need telethon is broadcast on BBC1 in the UK.

1970s

Main article: 1970s in television

• 1979 in television – 43 million viewers watch Elvis! on ABC. All-sports cable channel ESPN is launched. The Pinwheel Channel becomes the world famous Nickelodeon cable channel. A technician's strike forces ITV off air for eleven weeks (except in the Channel Islands) while BBC2 launches the first computer generated ident in the world.
• 1978 in television – Dallas paves the way for the return of prime time soaps in the US. Abarembo Shogun begins 25-year run in Japan. Grange Hill premieres on BBC1 in the UK.
• 1977 in television – The mini-series Roots airs on ABC; first episode of Three's Company; kids' network Pinwheel is launched. Dad's Army and Porridge both end on BBC1.
• 1976 in television – South Africa has television service for the first time. UK punk group the Sex Pistols cause controversy and outrage by swearing on Today, a Thames Television regional early evening show. Charlie's Angels debuts on ABC. NBC's 'N' logo replaces the peacock and snake logos.
• 1975 in television – Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America and Wheel of Fortune premiere; Sony introduces the Betamax home video tape recorder; Fawlty Towers premieres in Britain on BBC2. Super Sentai begins its long-running run (year off in 1978) in Japan on NET with the premiere of Goranger.
• 1974 in television – Happy Days premieres on ABC. Monty Python's Flying Circus ends in the UK, and comes to American TV audiences for the first time. Australian TV tests color transmissions (full-time color comes in '75).
• 1973 in television – Large-screen projection color TVs hit the market in the USA. The Young and the Restless, Match Game and Pyramid begin hugely successful daytime TV runs. Last of the Summer Wine premieres on BBC1.
• 1972 in television – M*A*S*H and Bob Barker's The Price is Right debut; Home Box Office becomes first pay-TV channel. Emmerdale Farm (now just called Emmerdale) premieres on ITV in the UK.
• 1971 in television – All in the Family and Soul Train premiere. Open University broadcasts begin on the BBC. John Chancellor becomes the sole anchor of the NBC Nightly News.
• 1970 in television – Monday Night Football debutes on (ABC) Mary Tyler Moore and All My Children premiere, as does the BBC Nine O'Clock News and The Goodies in the UK.

See also

• US television schedules for 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80

1960s

• 1969 in television – Live coverage of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk is viewed by 600 million people around the world. Sesame Street debuts on PBS; Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC1 in the UK) and The Brady Bunch (ABC in the US) also debut. The cancellation of Star Trek leads to its dominance in syndication.
• 1968 in television – First live network transmission of video from inside a manned US space capsule in orbit. 60 Minutes (CBS), One Life to Live (ABC) and Laugh-In (NBC) debut, as does Dad's Army on BBC1 in the UK.
• 1967 in television – PBS, the principal noncommercial public broadcasting network in the United States, begins regular service. PAL and SECAM colour standards introduced in Europe, with the UK's BBC2 the first in that continent to transmit in color. In the USA, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Carol Burnett Show premiere on CBS, while the NFL and AFL stage Super Bowl I on CBS and NBC.
• 1966 in television – Canadian television stations broadcast in color for the first time, while color is now the standard in all US television. Star Trek premieres on NBC. Cathy Come Home is broadcast on BBC1. Patrick Troughton replaces William Hartnell as lead on Doctor Who.
• 1965 in television – Green Acres premieres on CBS, as does Days of our Lives on NBC, and Tomorrow's World on BBC1.
• 1964 in television – The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, breaking television ratings records; Top of the Pops premieres on BBC1. BBC2 is launched. Jeopardy! and Another World premiere on NBC.
• 1963 in television – Doctor Who premieres in the UK with William Hartnell as the Doctor. The Doctors (NBC) and General Hospital (ABC) premiere on the same day. On November 22 regular programing comes to a halt for the next four days due to the assassination and funeral of the American president John F. Kennedy.
• 1962 in television – Walter Cronkite becomes the anchorman of the CBS Evening News; Johnny Carson takes over the NBC Tonight Show. Z-Cars and The Saint premiere in the UK.
• 1961 in television – The Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS, as does The Avengers on ITV in the UK.
• 1960 in television – American Presidential Candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debate live on television. The Flintstones is the first US cartoon created for adults in primetime on ABC (in the United States). The long-running UK soap Coronation Street debuts on ITV.

See also

• US television schedules for 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70

1950s

• 1959 in television – The science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit smashes recent BBC viewing records as it reaches its conclusion with over 11 million viewers. Ampex introduces their design for a color Video Tape Recorder. Concentration begins a 20-year run. Bonanza debuts on NBC, The Twilight Zone on CBS.
• 1958 in television – The Quiz show scandals wipe out the hugely successful US shows The $64,000 Question and Twenty One. In Canada, the CBC begins nationwide TV service. Blue Peter and Grandstand premiere on the BBC in the UK.
• 1957 in television – Cinderella, the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written for television, airs once on CBS to an audience of 107 million people, making it the most-watched broadcast ever on US television. Later that year, Jack Paar becomes the permanent host for NBC's Tonight Show and Dick Clark's American Bandstand debuts nationally, lasting until 1989. The Sky at Night premieres on the BBC. In Australia, future "King of Television" Graham Kennedy debuts on In Melbourne Tonight.
• 1956 in television Television transmission begins in Australia. – Black-and-white portable TV sets hit the market.Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show and due to controversy can only be filmed from the waist up. The classic MGM film The Wizard of Oz airs on TV for the first time in the US. Chet Huntley and David Brinkley begin a 14-year partnership on the NBC evening news. As the World Turns premieres on CBS. DuMont Television Network ceases operations. Hancock's Half Hour premieres on the BBC, and What the Papers Say on ITV.
• 1955 in television – The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke premiere. Commercial television starts in the United Kingdom with the slow roll-out of the ITV network.
• 1954 in television – NTSC video standard for color television formally introduced New Year's Day, just months after its approval. The Tonight Show begins on NBC network with Steve Allen; Disneyland begins on ABC. The controversial adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four is broadcast on the BBC.
• 1953 in television – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is seen by approximately 20 million TV viewers in the United Kingdom. TV Guide is published for the first time. After initially approving the CBS field-dequential color system and then rescinding its approval, the FCC makes a final choice for color television in the United States by approving the RCA compatible all-electronic system. Commercial color YV broadcasting would begin the following New Year's Day. It would remain the standard for analog color television broadcasting for 56 years, and in modified form would influence color television development worldwide.
• 1952 in television – The first political advertisements appear on US television. The Guiding Light moves to TV after 15 years on radio. NBC launches Today. Television broadcasting begins in Canada under the auspices of CBC/SRC. TV Broadcasting begins in the Dominican Republic. Flower Pot Men premieres on the BBC. Hockey Night in Canada debuts on television after 29 years on radio; it becomes the world's longest-running sports broadcast.
• 1951 in television – Television transmission begins in Argentina. In May. coaxial cable and microwave service links make coast-to-coast live television a reality in the United States; a speech by President Truman is the first program seen live simultaneously across the country.- I Love Lucy debuts on CBS. The first long-running soap operas, Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life, also debut on CBS (they last until 1986 and 1980, respectively). The UK version of What's My Line? premieres on the BBC.
• 1950 in television – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester and Dagmar, it serves as the prototype for the Tonight Show; What's My Line? debuts on CBS, beginning a 25 year run. Television broadcasting begins in Mexico. The FCC approves CBS's color TV system, a decision which is later rescinded as technical problems with the system arise. Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC.

See also

• US television schedules for 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60

1940s

• 1949 in television – The first Emmy Awards are presented. Television broadcasting begins in Cuba. Come Dancing starts its 46 year run on the BBC. In the United States, Eastern and Midwestern stations are networked for live programming feeds spanning from the east coast west to the Mississippi River.
• 1948 in television – Four-network service begins on US television. CBS, which has operated a New York station since 1941, begins live programming feeds to other markets in April. ABC feeds its first network programs in the spring, with full daily network service beginning in August with the opening of its New York flagship station and production center. Ed Sullivan's show begins 23-year run on CBS, while Milton Berle becomes NBC's first superstar. 1 million television sets are now in use in the US. The BBC broadcasts coverage of the 1948 Summer Olympics.
• 1947 in television – Howdy Doody and Meet the Press premiere on NBC. First World Series live broadcast on both the DuMont Television Network and NBC. BBC television is suspended for a month due to a national fuel crisis.
• 1946 in television – The BBC resumes television broadcasting after its suspension during World War II. RCA demonstrates all-electronic color television system. FCC issues first network license to DuMont. DuMont begins limited network operations.
• 1945 in television – DuMont begins first network broadcasts, August 9. Applies for first network license.
• 1944 in television – The FCC increases its limits for single ownership of television stations from three to five. NBC begins the first regularly scheduled network service in the United States over a three station Eastern chain including stations in New York City (WNBT), Philadelphia (WPTZ) and the Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York area (WRGB).
• 1943 in television – The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is formed.
• 1942 in television – FCC terminates all television broadcasting because of the war. DuMont petitions FCC to resume broadcasting and receives approval.
• 1941 in television – Commercial TV authorized by the FCC.
• 1940 in television – The FCC holds public hearings on television.

See also

• US television schedules for 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50

1930s

• 1939 in television – The BBC suspends its television service owing to the outbreak of World War II. The first major league baseball game is televised. Broadcasts from 1939 New York World's Fair.
• 1938 in television – DuMont manufactures and sells the first all electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television. The BBC broadcasts the world's first ever television science fiction (R.U.R.), and television crime series (Telecrime).
• 1937 in television – The BBC Television Service broadcasts the world's first televised Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night.January 4 beginning of daily schedule on French television Paris PTT.
• 1936 in television – The BBC starts a regular high-definition (over 200 lines) television service in the UK, the first of its kind in the world.
• 1935 in television – First TV broadcasts in Germany. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision.
• 1934 in television – Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non-mechanical television system. The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company are comes to an end. First 30 Line Mechanical Television Test Transmissions commence in April in Brisbane Australia conducted by Thomas Elliott and Dr Val McDowall.
• 1933 in television – The first television revue, Looking In, is broadcast on the BBC.
• 1932 in television – The BBC starts a regular public television broadcasting service in the UK.
• 1931 in television – Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal.
• 1930 in television – Baird installs a television at 10 Downing Street, London, the British Prime Minister's residence. On July 14, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his family use it to watch the first ever British television drama, The Man With the Flower in His Mouth.

1920s

• 1929 in television—In September the Baird Television Development Company begins experimental broadcasting in association with the BBC.
• 1928 in television—Baird demonstrates a mechanical color television system. On May 28, the first television station, W2XB, begins broadcasting in Schenectady, New York (the forerunner to WRGB). CBS is founded.
• 1927 in television—Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision system records pictures and sound on conventional. 78rpm gramophone records. On January 1 British Broadcasting Corporation received Royal Charter. NBC is founded.
• 1926 in television—On January 26 Baird gives the first public demonstration of mechanical television to members of the Royal Institution.
• 1925 in television—On October 2 John Logie Baird achieves transmission and remote display of the first television pictures in his laboratory.
• 1923 in television—Vladimir Zworykin patents the "iconoscope", the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera.
• 1922 in television— British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) founded.

1900s

• 1908 in television—In a letter to Nature, A.A. Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.
• 1907 in television—Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum, and a cathode-ray tube receiver.
• 1900 in television—The word "television" is coined by Constantin Perskyi at the First International Electricity Congress in Paris.

See also

• Timeline of the BBC
• List of years in British television

Senasis Testamentas

(This table follows the canon of the Greek Orthodox Church as specified at the 1672 Synod of Jerusalem, see Development of the Old Testament canon for details. The various Christian canons - Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox - differ significantly, both in the books regarded as biblical and in the order in which they are presented)

	Title	Author according to traditional thought	Author according to modern scholarly thought
	Genesis Γένεσις Génesis, "birth", "origin" בְּרֵאשִׁית Bereishit, "In the beginning"	Moses: A few early authors, notably Josephus and Philo, believed that Moses wrote the entire Torah, including the account of his own death; later Talmudic scholars felt it more likely that this section at least was written by another. The problem of Genesis, to which Moses was not an eyewitness, also gave rise to alternative theories, expressed in the Oral Torah and the midrashim.	Documentary hypothesis: Various unnamed editors combining originally complete and independent documents; Supplementary hypothesis: Various anonymous authors making additions (supplements) to a base text Fragmentary hypothesis: Single unknown author drawing on multiple documentary and oral sources
	Exodus ἔξοδος Exodos, "departure" שמות‎ Shemot "names"
	Leviticus Λευιτικός Leuitikos, "relating to the Levites" ויקרא‎ Vayikra, "And He called"
	Numbers במדבר Bəmidbar, "In the desert"
	Deuteronomy Δευτερονόμιον Deuteronómion, "second law" דְּבָרִים‎ Devarim, "things"/"words"
	Joshua ספר יהושע Sefer Y'hoshua	Joshua with a portion by Phinehas or Eleazar	Deuteronomist using material from the Yahwist and Elohist
	Judges ספר שופטים Sefer Shoftim	Samuel	Deuteronomist
	1 Samuel ספר שמואל Sefer Sh'muel	Samuel, Gad, and Nathan	Deuteronomist or a combination of a Jerusalem source, republican source, the court history of David, the sanctuaries source, the monarchial source, and the material of various editors who combined these sources
	2 Samuel ספר שמואל Sefer Sh'muel
	1 Kings ספר מלכים Sefer Melakhim	Jeremiah	Deuteronomist
	2 Kings ספר מלכים Sefer Melakhim
	1 Chronicles דברי הימים Divrei Hayyamim	Ezra	The Chronicler, writing between 450 and 435 BC, after the Babylonian captivity
	2 Chronicles דברי הימים Divrei Hayyamim
	Ezra ספר עֶזְרָא Sefer ʻEzrâ
	Nehemiah נְחֶמְיָה Nəḥemyāh	Nehemiah using some material by Ezra
	Tobit טובי Tobih, "my good"	Unknown	A writer in the second century BC
	Judith יְהוּדִית Yəhûḏîṯ	Eliakim, the high priest of the story	Unknown
	Esther אֶסְתֵּר ʼEstēr	The Great Assembly using material from Mordecai	An author writing between 460 and 331 BC
	1 Maccabees מכבים‎ Makabim	A devout Jew from the Holy Land.	A Jewish author, writing around 100 BC
	2 Maccabees מכבים‎ Makabim	Based on the writing of Jason of Cyrene	An author writing in the second or first century BC
	3 Maccabees מכבים‎ Makabim	Unknown	An Alexandrian Jew writing in Greek in the first century BC or first century AD
	4 Maccabees מכבים‎ Makabim	Josephus	An Alexandrian Jew writing in the first century BC or first century AD
	Job אִיוֹב‎ ʾIyov	Unknown. Possibly Job, Moses, Solomon, or Elihu	A writer in the 4th century BC
	Psalms Ψαλμοί Psalmoi, "songs sung to a harp" תְהִלִּים Th'hilliym, "praises"	Mainly David and also Asaph, sons of Korah, Moses, Heman the Ezrahite, Ethan the Ezrahite and Solomon	Various authors recording oral tradition. Portions from 1000 BC to 200 BC.
	Proverbs מִשְלֵי Mishlay	Solomon, Agur son of Jakeh, Lemuel and other wise men	An editor compiling from various sources well after the time of Solomon
	Ecclesiastes Ἐκκλησιαστής Ekklēsiastēs, "church" קֹהֶלֶת‎ Kohelet, "speaker"	Solomon	A Hebrew poet of the 3rd or 2nd century BC using the life of Solomon as a vista for the Hebrews' pursuit of wisdom. An unknown author in Hellenistic period from two older oral sources (Eccl1:1-6:9 which claims to be Solomon, Eccl6:10-12:8 with the theme of non-knowing)
	Song of Solomon שיר השירים Shir ha-Shirim		An anonymous poet
	Ruth מגילת רות‎ Məgiləs Rus	Samuel	A later author, writing after the time of David
	Wisdom חכמת שלמה	Solomon	An Alexandrian Jew writing during the Jewish Hellenistic period
	Sirach Σιραχ Sirakh ספר בן סירא	Ben Sira	Ben Sira
	Isaiah יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Yəšạʻyā́hû	Isaiah	Three main authors and an extensive editing process. Is1-39 "Historical Isaiah" with multiple layers of editing. Is40-55 Exilic & Is56-66 post-exilic.
	Jeremiah יִרְמְיָה Yirmĭyahu	Jeremiah	Baruch ben Neriah. Chapters 1-6 and 10-23 seem to derive from Jeremiah himself, as dictated to Baruch.
	Lamentations אֵיכָה‎ Eikhah, "How"		Disputed and perhaps based on the older Mesopotamian genre of the "city lament", of which the Lament for Ur is among the oldest and best-known
	Letter of Jeremiah איגרת ירמיהו Aigrt Yirmĭyahu		A Hellenistic Jew living in Alexandria
	Baruch בָּרוּךְ Bārûḵ	Baruch ben Neriah	An author writing during or shortly after the period of the Maccabees
	Ezekiel יְחֶזְקֵאל‎ Y'khizqel	Ezekiel	Disputed, with varying degrees of attribution to Ezekiel
	Daniel דָּנִיֵּאל Dāniyyêl	Daniel	An editor in the fourth century BC to mid-second century BC
	Hosea הוֹשֵׁעַ Hôšēăʻ	Hosea	Unknown
	Joel יואל‎ Joel	Joel	Unknown
	Amos עמוס Amos	Amos	Unknown
	Obadiah עובדיה Ovadyah, "servant of YHWH"	Obadiah	Likely a story traveler
	Jonah יוֹנָה Yônā	Jonah	A post-exilic (after 530 BC) author writing under the name of the eighth-century prophet
	Micah מִיכָה Mikah	Micah	The first three chapters by Micah and the remainder by a later writer
	Nahum נַחוּם Naḥūm‎	Nahum	Unknown
	Habakkuk חֲבַקּוּק‎ Ḥăḇaqqûq	Habakkuk	An unknown author around 850 BC
	Zephaniah צְפַנְיָה Ṣəp̄anyā	Zephaniah	Disputed; possibly a writer after the time period indicated by the text
	Haggai חַגַּי‎ Ḥaggay	Haggai	Various Jewish authors
	Zechariah זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā	Zechariah	Zechariah (chapters 1-8); the later, designated Deutero-Zechariah, were possibly written by disciples of Zechariah
	Malachi מַלְאָכִי Malʼāḵî	Malachi or Ezra	Possibly the author(s) of Deutero-Zechariah

Naujasis Testamentas

	Title	Author according to traditional thought	Author according to modern scholarly thought
	Gospel According to Matthew κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον kata Matthaion euangelion	Matthew the Evangelist is said by the early 2nd century writer Papias of Hierapolis to have written a "Sayings of Jesus" in Aramaic. The Gospel is not a sayings collection and shows clear signs of having been composed in Greek, but it is accepted by tradition as the document referred to by Papias. Dated c. AD 80-100.	An anonymous author who borrowed from both Mark and a source called Q
	Gospel According to Mark κατὰ Μᾶρκον εὐαγγέλιον kata Markon euangelion	Mark the Evangelist, otherwise known as John Mark, a cousin of Barnabas the companion of Paul and later himself a companion of Paul. According to the 4th century writer Eusebius of Caesarea, who claims to be quoting a lost work by the Papias of Hierapolis, Mark was asked to write his account by the Christians of Rome, and recorded the preaching of the apostle Peter. (The First Epistle of Peter, dated around AD 100, mentions Mark as a companion of Peter). Usually dated no earlier than AD 70.	An unknown author; likely an early Christian writer.
	Gospel According to Luke κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον kata Loukan euangelion	Luke the Evangelist, the companion and contemporary of Paul. The earliest representation of Luke as the author of this Gospel (and of Acts) comes from the Muratorian fragment, a catalogue of the New Testament from c. AD 180. The Gospel itself is usually dated AD 70-100.	An anonymous author who borrowed from both Mark and Q
	Gospel According to John κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον kata Iōannēn euangelion	John the Evangelist. The Church father Iranaeus reported c. AD 180 that the Evangelist was John the Apostle, but there is no earlier record of the tradition that the two were identical. The first evidence of the existence of the Gospel dates from the mid-2nd century.	An anonymous author with no direct connection to the historical Jesus. John 21 finished after death of primary author by follower(s)
	Acts of the Apostles Πράξεις των Αποστόλων Práxeis tōn Apostólōn	Luke the Evangelist	The author of Luke
	Epistle to the Romans Επιστολή προς Ρωμαίους Epistolē pros Galates	Paul of Tarsus	Paul of Tarsus
	First Epistle to the Corinthians Α' Επιστολή προς Κορινθίους 1 Epistolē pros Korinthious
	Second Epistle to the Corinthians Β' Επιστολή προς Κορινθίους 2 Epistolē pros Korinthious
	Epistle to the Galatians Επιστολή προς Γαλάτες Epistolē pros Galates
	Epistle to the Ephesians Επιστολή προς Εφεσίους Epistolē pros Ephesious		Paul of Tarsus or edited dictations from Paul
	Epistle to the Philippians Επιστολή προς Φιλιππησίους Epistolē pros Philippēsious		Paul of Tarsus
	Epistle to the Colossians Επιστολή προς Κολοσσαείς Epistolē pros Kolossaeis		Disputed; perhaps Paul coauthoring with Timothy
	First Epistle to the Thessalonians Α' Επιστολή προς Θεσσαλονικείς 1 Epistolē pros Thessalonikeis		Paul of Tarsus
	Second Epistle to the Thessalonians Β' Επιστολή προς Θεσσαλονικείς 2 Epistolē pros Thessalonikeis		An associate or disciple after his death, representing what they believed was his message
	First Epistle to Timothy Α' Επιστολή προς Τιμόθεο 1 Epistolē pros Timotheo		Perhaps someone associated with Paul, writing at a later date
	Second Epistle to Timothy Β' Επιστολή προς Τιμόθεο 2 Epistolē pros Timotheo		Perhaps someone associated with Paul, writing after his death
	Epistle to Titus Επιστολή προς Τίτο Epistolē pros Tito		Perhaps someone associated with Paul, writing after his death
	Epistle to Philemon Επιστολή προς Φιλήμονα Epistolē pros Philēmona		Paul of Tarsus
	Epistle to the Hebrews	Paul of Tarsus or possibly Luke the Evangelist, Clement of Rome or Barnabas	An unknown author, but almost certainly not Paul
	Epistle of James	James the Just	A writer in the late first or early second centuries, after the death of James the Just
	First Epistle of Peter	Peter	An author, perhaps Silas, proficient with Greek writing
	Second Epistle of Peter		Certainly not Peter
	First Epistle of John	John the Evangelist	An unknown author with no direct connection to the historical Jesus Same as Gospel of John.
	Second Epistle of John		An unknown author with no direct connection to Jesus. Final editor of John 21.
	Third Epistle of John
	Epistle of Jude	Jude the Apostle or Jude, brother of Jesus	A pseudonymous work written between the end of the first century and the first quarter of the 2nd century
	Book of the Revelation of John Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου Apokalypsis Iōannou	John the Apostle or John the Elder	Perhaps John of Patmos

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