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April 25,
1874
Guglielmo Marconi born in Bologna, Italy. 
1879
Attended elementary school in England.
1884
Began inventing scientific toys.
1890
Attended technical college.
Built his first Morse telegraph transmitter.
1894
Began experiments and worked on receiver, spark transmitter and
antenna.
1896
Arrived in England. Received first patent for wireless instrument.
1897
Went to Italy to demonstrate his equipment.
July 1897
The Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company was formed in England.
1899
Established America Marconi Company for ship-to-shore radio communication.
1900
Formed Marconi Wireless Telegraph company and Marconi International Marine company for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication. |
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1901
Sent message across the Atlantic.
1904
Received American Patent # 7777.
March 16, 1905
Married Beatrice O'Brien. |
1909
Received Nobel
Prize in Physics. 
1913
Moved to Rome.
1919
Converted his yacht 'Elettra' into a floating laboratory.
1922
Marconi sailed to America and was greeted by the wireless
waves of music from New York.
1924
Signed a contract with British Postal Service to set up radio communication.
1925
Met Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
in England.
April
27, 1927
Divorced O'Brien.
June
15, 1927
Married
Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali.
November
1927
Suffered first attack of angina.
1928
Experimented with very high frequencies.
1929
Awarded
the hereditary title of Marchese or Marquis
by King Victor Emmanuel III.
1930
Elected President of Royal Italian Academy.
September
1933
Left on a world tour.
July 20,
1937
Marconi died in Rome.
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