 1930: Having found no interest from the RAF for his idea, 

Frank
Whittle patented[13] the design for a centrifugal gas turbine for jet propulsion.
The first successful use of his engine was in April 1937.
 1932: BBC Brown, Boveri&Cie of Switzerland] starts selling axial
compressor and turbine turbosets as part of the turbocharged steam
generating Velox boiler. Following the gas turbine principle, the
steam evaporation tubes are arranged within the gas turbine combustion
chamber; the first Velox plant was erected in Mondeville, Calvados, France.[14]
 1934: RaúlPateras de Pescara patented the free-piston engine as a gas
generator for gas turbines.
 1936: Hans von Ohain and Max Hahn in Germany were developing
their own patented engine design.[
 1936 Whittle with others backed by investment forms Power Jets Ltd
 1937 The first Power Jets engine runs, and impresses Henry Tizard such that
he secures government funding for its further development. [15]
 1939: First 4 MW utility power generation gas turbine from BBC Brown,
Boveri& Cie. for an emergency power station in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.[16]
 1946 National Gas Turbine Establishment formed from Power Jets and the
RAE turbine division bring together Whittle and Hayne Constant's work.
In Beznau, Switzerland the first commercial reheated/recuperated unit
generating 27 MW was commissioned.[17]
 1963 Pratt and Whitney introduce the GG4/FT4 which is the first
commercial aeroderivative gas turbine.[18][19]
 2011 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries tests the first >60% efficiency gas turbine
(the M501J) at its Takasago, Hyōgo, works.[20][21]