When was the first keyboard invented?

As with many inventions, there were many different inventions including the typewriter, teleprinters, and keypunches that helped lead up to the modern computer keyboard we use today. The first writing devices were designed as early as the 1700s and the first to be patented was by Henry Mill in London England in 1714.

The invention of the typewriter

During the mid and late 1700s and early 1800s, several typing and writing devices were created around the world. However, the first practical typewriter and the word "Type-Writer" was first developed and patented in 1868 by Christopher Sholes and is considered to be the first typewriter. Also, the Type-Writer introduced the QWERTYlayout, which is still used on almost all US keyboards today. Below is a picture of the Type-Writer that was created by Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule.