Auguste and Louis Lumière Timeline of Events

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Auguste and Louis Lumière

The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...

Timeline of Events

1894

2.13.1894

Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the ''Cinematographe'', a combination movie camera and projector.

1895

3.22.1895

First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.

7.11.1895

The Lumière brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists.

12.28.1895

The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in ''Boulevard des Capucines'', marking the debut of the cinema.