Sandford Fleming

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1879

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Sandford Fleming, 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. Sandford Fleming proposes worldwide standard time

   1879

   Role: Scottish engineer and inventor (1827–1915)

   1. 18 February 1879 · Canadian InstitutePresentation of Time Reckoning Papers

      Fleming presented papers on time reckoning at the Canadian Institute in Toronto, revising his system to link with the anti-meridian of Greenwich.

   2. 2June 1879 · British GovernmentInternational Distribution of Papers

      The British Government forwarded copies of Fleming's important papers to eighteen foreign countries and scientific bodies in England.

Sources

1. Sandford Fleming Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07