Fingerprint Timeline

By Kamrinoneill
  • 200 BCE

    Early China Used Fingerprinting

    Early China Used Fingerprinting
    China had used handprints and fingerprints as evidence in crimes like burglary and robbery in early 200BC. To capture the handprint they would use clay seals.

  • Professor Jean-Paul Coulier

    Professor Jean-Paul Coulier
    Coulier made and published findings about fingerprints and how they be developed and preserved.

  • Vucetich

    Vucetich
    He began to create the first fingerprint database for the pattern types of Galton.

  • Fingerprinting Becoming More Used

    Fingerprinting Becoming More Used
    The NYCSC, New York State Prison, and the Leavenworth Penitentiary started to use fingerprinting in there databases.

  • The U.S Services

    The U.S Services
    The U.S Navy and U.S Marine Corps began to use fingerprinting in their databases.

  • 12 Point Rule Dropped By FBI

    12 Point Rule Dropped By FBI
    The FBI dropped the 12 point rules because they agreed that there was no basis for a minimum number of corresponding details to determine the identification.

  • Manual Fingerprinting

    Manual Fingerprinting
    The FBI had manually processed 100 million fingerprints into their database.

  • INTERPOL

    INTERPOL
    The INTERPOL automated fingerprint identification system had passed 150,000 sets of fingerprints.

  • Worlds Biggest Database

    Worlds Biggest Database
    There is a database in India that is the worlds largest fingerprint system. It is called the Unique Identification Authority.

  • Americas Largest Database

    Americas Largest Database
    The Department Of Homeland Security took over the AFIS. Making it the biggest fingerprint database in America.