On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process
A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift "Free to the World"
Another photographic processes, the Calotype, was also invented in 1839 by William Fox Talbot (it was announced in 1841)
Together, the invention of both the Daguerreotype and Calotype mark 1839 as the year that photography was invented
On August 19th 2010, World Photography Day hosted it's first global online gallery. With 270 photographs shared and website visitors from over 100 countries, World Photography Day was born
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