The world has altered beyond recognition since The Salvation Army was founded in 1865. This timeline shows some of the major events, discoveries and inventions of the past 150-plus years – during which time The Salvation Army, under 20 international leaders, has steadfastly maintained its mission to ‘preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination’. WILLIAM BOOTH 1878 – The Salvation Army takes on its current name 1865 – American Civil founded the East London War ends Christian Mission 1903 – powered airplane invented in July 1865 by Wilbur and Orville Wright 1877 – Thomas Edison invents the phonograph (forerunner of the record player) EDWARD J. HIGGINS 1885 – first internal combustion engine BRAMWELL BOOTH became General in February 1929 automobile invented by Karl Benz became General in 1931 – electron August 1912 microscope is invented by 1928 – penicillin’s antibiotic Ernst Ruska properties first observed by 1924 – electro-mechanical Alexander Fleming television system invented by 1914 – First World War begins 1933 – FM radio is John Logie Baird patented by inventor 1918 – First World War ends Edwin H. Armstrong 1927 – quartz clock is invented by Warren Marrison and J.W. Horton EVANGELINE BOOTH became General in November 1934 ALBERT ORSBORN became General in GEORGE L. CARPENTER June 1946 became General in 1945 – the atomic bomb is developed November 1939 by scientists from the United States, 1939 – Second the United Kingdom and Canada World War begins 1945 – Second World War ends 1935 – Nylon, the first fully synthetic fibre, is produced by Wallace Carothers 1947 – the transistor is invented by FREDERICK COUTTS John Bardeen , William Shockley and Walter Brattain 1965 – The Salvation Army became General in celebrates its centenary in November 1963 London in the presence of WILFRED KITCHING Queen Elizabeth II 1961 – Russian cosmonaut became General in Yuri Gagarin becomes the July 1954 first man in space 1953 – Edmund Hillary becomes the first man 1969 – Neil Armstrong becomes 1956 – the hard to reach the top of 1951 – nuclear power the first man to walk on the moon disk drive is Mount Everest is first used to produce invented by IBM household electricity, in Arco, Idaho, USA ERIK WICKBERG became General in September 1969 JARL WAHLSTRÖM became General in ARNOLD BROWN December 1981 CLARENCE WISEMAN became General 1984 – the first became General in July 1974 in July 1977 1978 – ‘test-tube baby’ Louise commercially Brown is the first successful available cell implementation of in vitro 1970 – the pocket phone, the fertilisation (IVF) calculator is DynaTAC invented in Japan 1975 – a test is performed 8000X, is between Stanford University created by and University College London 1971 – email is Motorola @ (UCL), paving the way for what EVA BURROWS invented by Ray becomes the Internet 1989 – the Tomlinson Berlin Wall became General is torn down, in July 1986 signifying 1985 – the first 1993 – MOSAIC, the end of lithium-ion battery the first popular web Communist rule is invented by Akira 1995 – the DVD – Yoshino browser is introduced across eastern April-June 2017 issue providing greater Europe storage than CDs – is developed by Philips, Sony, PAUL A. RADER 1990 – the World Wide Web is magazine Toshiba and became General in BRAMWELL TILLSLEY first introduced to the public LINDA BOND Panasonic July 1994 became General in July 1993 by Tim Berners-Lee became General in April 2011 JOHN GOWANS 2007 – first iPhone ANDRÉ COX All the World became General in July 1999 2005 – video-sharing website released by Apple became General YouTube is launched in August 2013 2000 – widespread fear that a ‘Millennium Bug’ JOHN LARSSON SHAW CLIFTON will cause technological became General in became General breakdown proves largely November 2002 in April 2006 unfounded 2016 – The Salvation Army begins work in its 128th country This artwork is taken from the (Madagascar) .