German inventors and industrialists Werner von Siemens…
October
1847 CE
German inventors and industrialists Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske establish Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halsk on October 12, 1847, to develop the electrical telegraph.
Located in Berlin-Kreuzberg, the company will specialize in manufacturing electrical telegraphs according to Charles Wheatstone's patent of 1837.