1891: Birth The COMSA Society was born in Reus (Tarragona), in 1891, when José Miarnau Navás, who worked for the railway company, decided to go independent and start up a small company dedicated to infrastructure works for the railways. 1895 The German physicist, W. Röntgen discovered X-rays. 1896 The first Olympic Games of the modern era in Athens. 1896 Alfred Nobel set up the annual prizes for peace, science and literature. 1898 Marie Curie discovered Radium During the first years, the company concentrated mainly on track work and station renewal, within the geographical area of Catalonia, earning the recognition of the main railway lines of the times. 1903 The Wright brothers made the first propelled flight 1912 The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage 1914 The Panama Canal was opened 1916 Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity was published 1918 End of the Second World War 1926 The Television was invented 1927 The first solo flight across the Atlantic by Charles Lindberg 1928 Alex Fleming discovered penicillin 1929 Universal Exposition in Barcelona