Person
Thomas A. Watson
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1876
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Thomas A. Watson, 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
Bell patents the telephone and makes the first successful call
1876Role: Assistant
- Competing Patent Filings
Bell and Gray filed competing patent documents in Washington, D.C., on February 14, 1876, regarding the telephone.
- Patent Grant
US Patent 174,465 was granted to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876.
- First Successful Call
Bell made the first successful telephone call to Thomas Watson in Boston on March 10, 1876.
- Competing Patent Filings
Sources
- Thomas A. Watson Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13