forensic timeline

Germanic and Slavic societies made laws that medical experts must be the ones who determine the cause of death of an individual.

Velentin Ross discoverse a more precise method for detecting small amounts of arsenic.

Karl Landsteiner discovered ABO Blood typing

Alphonse Bertillon introduces the Bertillon System used various measurments of the body to identify people by their physical appearance.

University of Leipzig offeres the first course in forensic science.

The National DNA index system (NDIS) becomes operational.

First instance of physical evidence used to lead murder conviction of John Toms in England.

Zacharias Janssen Deseigns firtst crude microscope.