Timeline Tuesday 2 June 1896

Events on Tuesday 2 June 1896 1

• 1896 Marconi files wireless telegraphy patent First patent for a practical radio system Guglielmo Marconi filed a patent application in London on 2 June 1896 for a system of wireless telegraphy using radio waves. It was the first patent granted anywhere for radio communication and led directly to the founding of Marconi's wireless company. The technology would transform military, maritime and civilian communication within a decade.