Zeppelin Timeline of Events

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Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. His plans were reviewed by committee in 1894 and patented in the United States on 14 March 1899...

Timeline of Events

1889

8.13.1889

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his ''Navigable Balloon''.

1900

7.2.1900

The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1915

1.19.1915

World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

1916

1.29.1916

World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.

1925

9.2.1925

The U.S. Zeppelin USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.

1937

5.6.1937

Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.