This page indexes the individual year in television pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1900s

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1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s

1900s

  • 1908 in television - In a letter to Nature A.A. Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.
  • 1907 in television - Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum, and a cathode-ray tube receiver.
  • 1900 in television - The word television is coined by Constantin Perskyi at the International Electricity Congress in Paris.