The possible beginnings of science ficture writing and media that started it all.
Literature
1726: Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
1818: Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
1865: Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon
1870: Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1895: H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
1898: H.G. Wells - The War of the Worlds
1929: Publisher Hugo Gernsback first used the term "science fiction."
1930: The Astounding Stories magazine first introduced
1932: Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
1950: Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles
1951: Isaac Asimov - Foundation
1965: Frank Herbert - Dune
1992: Kim Stanley Robinso - Red Mars
2004: David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Movies
A Trip to the Moon - 1902
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 1907
Long Distance Wireless Photography - 1908
A Trip to Jupiter - 1909
The Invisible Thief - 1909
Excursion to the Moon - 1908
1977: George Lucas' Star Wars makes debut