1750-1918 NATHAN GILLESPIE

Four Feild System

Mar 17, 1730

(Dont Know Exact Date!!!!!!!!!)
In 1703, a farmer named Charles Townsend introduced a new method of crop rotation on his farm. He divided his the feild up into four different types of crops. He put wheat in the first, barley in the second, turnips in the third and clover in the fourth.
Each season, the crops were rotated. this became the "Four Feild System. The developement of this system expanded the amount of land under cultivation, improves the soil's fertility.

Steam Engine

Mar 17, 1775

(Dont Know Exact Date !!!!!!!!!!!!) In 1775 James Watt and Mathew Boulton developed a commercial steam engine for powering machinery. Wheels turned by running water had been the chief source of power for the early factories, which meant that they had to be situated by swift running streams. With development of the stem engine, it was possible to locate factories in more convenient places. Steam Power also changed the way in which textile factories ran.

American Declaration of Independence

Mar 17, 1776

American Declaration of independence announces the American colonies' independence from Great Britain

French Revaloution

Mar 18, 1789

The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout the world. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years

Battery

Mar 18, 1800

Alessandro Volta, In 1800 he had developed the so-called voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery, which produced a steady stream of electricity. In honor of his work in the field of electricity, the electrical unit known as the volt was named in his honor

Steam Locamotive

Jul 25, 1824

A steam locomotive is a railway train that produces its power/movement through steam (from a steam engine).These trains are fuelled by burning coal, wood or oil to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine. The steam train allowed the world to travel and expand with greater ease.
This also gave them a faster more efficient way to transport not only cargo and goods but people as well, this gave the United States a way to spread their empire across the Americas.

Sir Robbert forms the police

Mar 19, 1829

Sir Robbert Peel form the first formal police unit.

People's Charter

Mar 20, 1838

Publication of the People Charter in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 21.

Gold

Mar 20, 1850

Edward Hargraves discovers gold near Bathurst, NSW triggering several gold rushes aroung Australia.

Indian Mutiny

Mar 19, 1857

Indian Soldiers mutiny against british rulers.

Convicts

Mar 20, 1868

Convicts transport to Australia ceaces with the last shipment of convicts disembarkingin WA.

First Skyscraper

Mar 17, 1883

The first ten story skyscraper is built in Chicago.

Longest suspention bridge

Mar 17, 1883

The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 ft, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge

Car

Mar 19, 1885

karl Benz uses an interlan combustion engine in the first auto mobile.

Jack the Ripper

Mar 19, 1888

jack the Ripper starts his grusome murders in London in 1888.

fedaration of Australia

Mar 17, 1901

The six colinies of NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA form one Nation

Plane

Dec 17, 1903

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American brothers, inventors and aviation pioneers who invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and man-carrying human flight, on December 17, 1903.

Titanic

Mar 19, 1912

the Titanic, then the worlds lagest passenger steam ship, hits an iceberg in the North-West Atlantic Ocean and sinks; 1517 people die.

WW1 (Australia)

Mar 19, 1914

The First World War started in August 1914.Australia's early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force taking possession of German New Guinea and the neighbouring islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in October 1914.On 25 April 1915 members of the Australian Imperial Force landed at Gallipoli together with troops from New Zealand, Britain, and France. This began a campaign that ended with the removal of troops on 20 December 1915.Throughout 1916 a

WW1

Mar 19, 1918

WW1 ends with the defeat of germany.