1580: The idea of water displacement was theorized by William Bourne to explain why a ship floats and would later inspire inventors to use the same ideology to create the submarine
1623: Cornelis Drebbel invented the first ever submarine
1634: Marin Mersennne determined that a submarine would be better equipped to withstand pressure if both ends were pointed and the machine was made of copper in a cylindrical shape
1654: The Rotterdam Boat was designed by Deson as the first submarine to attack an enemy vessel and acted as a ram to sneak up on and punch a hole in ships
1680: Giovanne Borelli, an Italian inventor, drew an early sketch of a submarine that I no famous as being an extremely accurate model of functioning submarines used today
1696: Denis Papin, a mathematician, used air pumps to build two submarines
1729: Nathaniel Simons built a one-man boat that sank and rose without locomotives for public entertainment.
1773: J Day created a small submarine and used detachable ballast stones to make it sink, but before any of the crew were able to detach them the boat sank like a rock.
1776: David Bushnell made the first submarine to successfully attack an enemy ship during the American Revolution.
1797:Robert Fulton, an American artist, offered to build a submarine for France at his own expense.
1800:Fulton created the Nautilus, however it was incredibly slow and the French government showed no interest so it was broken up and sold for scrap. A revised version was proposed but never built and inspired the novel "20,000 Leagues under the Sea".
1812-15:Two submarines are depicted as being used in the war of 1812.
1815:Thomas Johnstone was hired by France to build a submarine for Napoleon Bonaparte's escape, but he died before the submarine was completed.
1833: French Brutus De Villeroi built the Water Bug for a crew of three in tight quarters that would be rowed to navigate and move under water.
1850: Wilhelm Bauer, a Prussian corporal, ordered the construction of a blockade-breaking submarine but the crew became claustrophobic and in a panic opened the hatch while under water. The entire crew was killed.
1852: Lodner D. Phillips created two submarines, the later was successful and Phillips offered to sell it to the US Navy but was rejected. His services were again offered during the Civil War and again they were turned down in ridicule.
1855: Wilhelm Bauer built an incredibly successful 'Sea Devil' for the Russian Navy.
1859: Brutus De Villeroi built a treasure-hunting submarine for British warship De Braak that was lost in the Delaware River.
1623: Cornelis Drebbel invented the first ever submarine
1634: Marin Mersennne determined that a submarine would be better equipped to withstand pressure if both ends were pointed and the machine was made of copper in a cylindrical shape
1654: The Rotterdam Boat was designed by Deson as the first submarine to attack an enemy vessel and acted as a ram to sneak up on and punch a hole in ships
1680: Giovanne Borelli, an Italian inventor, drew an early sketch of a submarine that I no famous as being an extremely accurate model of functioning submarines used today
1696: Denis Papin, a mathematician, used air pumps to build two submarines
1729: Nathaniel Simons built a one-man boat that sank and rose without locomotives for public entertainment.
1773: J Day created a small submarine and used detachable ballast stones to make it sink, but before any of the crew were able to detach them the boat sank like a rock.
1776: David Bushnell made the first submarine to successfully attack an enemy ship during the American Revolution.
1797:Robert Fulton, an American artist, offered to build a submarine for France at his own expense.
1800:Fulton created the Nautilus, however it was incredibly slow and the French government showed no interest so it was broken up and sold for scrap. A revised version was proposed but never built and inspired the novel "20,000 Leagues under the Sea".
1812-15:Two submarines are depicted as being used in the war of 1812.
1815:Thomas Johnstone was hired by France to build a submarine for Napoleon Bonaparte's escape, but he died before the submarine was completed.
1833: French Brutus De Villeroi built the Water Bug for a crew of three in tight quarters that would be rowed to navigate and move under water.
1850: Wilhelm Bauer, a Prussian corporal, ordered the construction of a blockade-breaking submarine but the crew became claustrophobic and in a panic opened the hatch while under water. The entire crew was killed.
1852: Lodner D. Phillips created two submarines, the later was successful and Phillips offered to sell it to the US Navy but was rejected. His services were again offered during the Civil War and again they were turned down in ridicule.
1855: Wilhelm Bauer built an incredibly successful 'Sea Devil' for the Russian Navy.
1859: Brutus De Villeroi built a treasure-hunting submarine for British warship De Braak that was lost in the Delaware River.