Animation Timeline
28,000 BC - Cave painting
1700s - Shadow theatre
1817 - Kaleidoscope - Sir David Brewster
1825 - Thaumotrope
1832 - Phenakistoscope
1834 - Zoetrope - George Horner
1838 - Stereoscope - Joseph Plateau
1851 - Stereoscope displayed at the Great Exhibition
1865 - Max and Mortiz - Wilhelm Busch
1871 - Leeds Technical School of Art - Louis le Prince
1886 - One lens camera - Louis Le Prince
1888 - First moving picture shot - Leeds Bridge and Roundhay Garden Scene - Louis Le Prince
1930 - Golden Age of Comics - Flash Gordon, Dick Tracey, Tarzan
1934 - Superman - Newspaper comic strip
1962 - Spiderman
1975 - Close Mondays - Best animated film award - Will Vinton - Claymation
1995 - Pixar - Toy Story
2005 - Wallis and Gromit - Aardman animations - Stop animation
28,000 BC - Cave painting
1700s - Shadow theatre
1817 - Kaleidoscope - Sir David Brewster
1825 - Thaumotrope
1832 - Phenakistoscope
1834 - Zoetrope - George Horner
1838 - Stereoscope - Joseph Plateau
1851 - Stereoscope displayed at the Great Exhibition
1865 - Max and Mortiz - Wilhelm Busch
1871 - Leeds Technical School of Art - Louis le Prince
1886 - One lens camera - Louis Le Prince
1888 - First moving picture shot - Leeds Bridge and Roundhay Garden Scene - Louis Le Prince
1930 - Golden Age of Comics - Flash Gordon, Dick Tracey, Tarzan
1934 - Superman - Newspaper comic strip
1962 - Spiderman
1975 - Close Mondays - Best animated film award - Will Vinton - Claymation
1995 - Pixar - Toy Story
2005 - Wallis and Gromit - Aardman animations - Stop animation