1957 Event 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York) 1901 Birthday Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, typewriter 1892 Event George C. Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter 1886 Event George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon 1843 Event Charles Thurber patents a typewriter 1829 Event William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) 1819 Birthday Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor, typewriter 1808 Event 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri 1714 Event Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
