Historedia
Person

Elisha Gray

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1876

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Elisha Gray, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Bell patents the telephone and makes the first successful call

    1876

    Role: Electrical Engineer

    1. February 14 - March 3, 1876 · Patent OfficeCompeting Patent Filings

      Bell and Gray filed competing patent documents in Washington, D.C., on February 14, 1876, regarding the telephone.

    2. March 7, 1876 · Patent OfficePatent Grant

      US Patent 174,465 was granted to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876.

    3. March 10, 1876 · Bell's laboratoryFirst Successful Call

      Bell made the first successful telephone call to Thomas Watson in Boston on March 10, 1876.

Sources

  1. Elisha Gray Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-16