Germany made the first submarines in WW1. They were called U-Boats, short for "unterseeboat" Most modern submarines are descended from The Holland, christened in 1897, invented by John Holland.
John P. Holland is credited with inventing the first modern submarine and is considered the father of modern submarines.
Officially, 1900, when U.S. Submarine Force was founded and using inventor John Holland's gasoline-powered submarine. In 1800s, submarines USS Hunley, USS Alligator served in Civil War.
Submarines in various forms had been around for well over 200 years before Holland ever got into the submarine business. He was just the first to incorporate diesel-electric technology and add it to submarine designs.
John Holland was born on March 18, 1395.
John Holland - psychic - was born in 1964.
John W. Holland was born in 1883.
John Holland - engineer - was born in 1914.
John Holland - engineer - died in 2009.
Arthur John Holland died in 1989.
Arthur John Holland was born in 1918.
John Henry Holland was born in 1929.