Robert Fulton
American
Robert Fulton was an American inventor who is notable for designing the first commercially successful steamboat and an early submarine. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston-Fulton Company |
Robert Fulton was an American inventor who is notable for designing the first commercially successful steamboat and an early submarine. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston-Fulton Company |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1765/11/14 | Robert Fulton is born in a little stone house in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. | Born | Robert Fulton Birthplace | Quarryville | |||
| 1797/05/00 | Thomas Paine is never idle in the house, if not writing he busies himself by reading up on current politics, working with a mechanical devise or else entertaining such visitors as Mr Barlow, Mr Fulton and Sir Robert Smith. | Visitor | 10 rue de l'Odeon | Rue de l'Odeon, Paris | |||
| 1800/00/00 | Robert Fulton completes his submarine, NAUTILUS, for the French Navy. | Naval Architect | Invention of the Submarine | ||||
| 1803/08/09 | Robert Fulton's steamboat sinks during test runs on the Seine River near the Quai des Bonshommes in Paris, France. | Naval Architect | Seine in Paris | Invention of the Steamboat | |||
| 1807/08/00 | Fulton installs his steam engine in the NORTH RIVER STEAMBOAT. Launched in the spring, construction of the 'CLERMONT' was began in the winter of 1806-1807. | Naval Architect | Invention of the Steamboat | ||||
| 1808/00/00 | New York State legislature awards Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston a 20 year monopoly of navigation rights for steam driven vessels on the waters within the State. | Charter Owner | Gibbons v Ogden | ||||
| 1808/01/07 | Harriet Livingston marries Robert Fulton in the parlor of Teviotdale | Groom | Teviotdale | Linlithgo | Marriage of Harriet Livingston and Robert Fulton | ||
| 1812/07/00 | Fulton's Powles Hook Ferry line begins operation | Naval Engineer |
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