Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 86,793. Its county seat is Victoria. Victoria County is included in the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sumer, an ancient civilization of southern Mesopotamia, is believed to be the place where written language was first invented around 3200 BC. Limestone Kish tablet from Sumer with pictographic writing; may be the earliest known writing, 3500 BC.
There were many early devices invented from 1575-1860s that were similar to typewriters. The first commercially sold typewriter however, was the Hansen Writing Ball. It was invented by Rev. Rasmus Malling-Hansen of Denmark in 1865. Five years later in 1870, his invention was first sold commercially.