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* 26.12.1792
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Teignmouth
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Born at 26 December in Teignmouth
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1810
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Cambridge
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Start of studies at the University of Cambridge
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1812
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Co-founder of the "Analytical Society"
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1816
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Member of the Royal Society
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1820
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Co-founder of the "Astronomical Society"
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1822
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Engagement in and construction of the "Difference Engine"; the work is discontinued in 1843 unsuccessfully
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1828
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Berlin
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Participation in the 7th Meeting of the "Society of German Scientists and Physicians" in Berlin during a trip to Europe
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1828
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Cambridge
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Babbage gets the Lucas Professor (Lucasion Chair) at the University of Cambridge
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1830
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"Reflections on the Decline of Science in England"
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1831
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Because of Babbage's initiative the "British Association for the Advancement of Science" is founded, from which the "Statistical Society of London" comes out of in 1834
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1832
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"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
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1834
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Works at the "Analytical Engine"
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1840
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Turin
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Lectures in Turin about his plans to build the "Analytical Engine"
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† 18.10.1871
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London
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Died at 18 October in London
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