Louis Braille is born in Coupvray, France
Braille finishes his system of dots for reading texts when he is fifteen (actual date unknown).
Braille's code system is demonstrated for an audience and is accepted by the world soon after.
Louis Braille dies in Paris, leaving behind a code reading system for the use of future generations.
Frank Haven Hall invents the first Braille typewriter in Jacksonville, Illinois.
After blinding himself in a gunshot accident seven years prior, John Robert Atkinson starts the Braille Institute of America with the goal of transcribing hundreds of books into Braille.
Braille Institute of America publishes the King James Bible in Braille.
Braille Institute of America publishes the first Webster's Braille dictionary.
After a lifetime of working to transcribe books into Braille, Atkinson dies.
Today, it is easier than ever to read and write music in Braille thanks to software online, such as Dancing Dots, Goodfeel, and FreeDots.
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