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The Spinning Jenny is made
The Spinning Jenny is invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves which helps weavers work at a faster speed -
The first steamboat is made
The first ever steamboat (made by John Fitch) is successfully sailed through the Delaware River -
King Louis the XVI is decapitated
King Louis the XVI was decapitated at Place de la revolution during the end of the French Revolution -
The Cotton Gin is made
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. The Cotton Gin made cotton much easier to collect, which saved both on time and manpower -
The first battery is made
The first battery was invented by Alessandro Volta, it was called the Voltaic Pile. -
Slave trade is banned in the UK
Slave trade was banned on march 25, 1807. This banned slave trading in the UK but didn't ban slavery. Slavery was not banned until many years later -
The battle of waterloo
On June 18th, 1815. Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo and sent to St Helena Island -
Louis Pasteur was born
on December 27th, 1822. Louis Pasteur was born, Louis Pasteur would then go on to invent pasteurization, the vaccination for anthrax, and the vaccination for rabies -
The first ever photo is taken
The first ever photograph was taken sometime in between 1826 to 1827. The photograph was taken by Joseph Niepce, which shows Niepce's upstairs window -
The revolver was invented
Samuel Colt invented the revolver in 1836. He named in the Colt, after his last name. The revolver quickly became one of the hottest guns in the US, largely due to Samuel Colt's great talent as a salesman -
The first ever telegraph was sent
On May 24th, 1844, Samuel FB sent the first ever telegraph from Baltimore. The telegraph read "what houth god wrought". Samuel FB also invented the telegraph, patenting his creation in December 1837 -
The first Sewing Machine is made
On September 10th, 1846, Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. The sewing machine let people create clothes and other goods at a much higher speed then ever before -
The Civil war starts
The civil war was of the biggest wars in US history, the war was between the South and the North. The war caused 1,000,000+ deaths, but when the war ended slavery was abolished -
Dynamite was invented
On may 7th, 1867, Alfred Nobel patented his creation, dynamite. Dynamite quickly gained wide scale use because it was the safer alternative to black powder. -
The light bulb was made
In 1878, Thomas Edison filed his patent "improvement in electric lights". Edison experimented with many different metals to help the electricity run through the bulb before finally choosing Carbon. The first test run was on October 22nd, 1878. The bulb lasted a little over 13 hours -
The Brooklyn Bridge was built
The Brooklyn Bridge began construction January 3rd, 1870 and was finished May 24th, 1883. It connected Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East river. The bridge was the first ever steel wire suspension bridge to be built and was over 1.8 miles long! -
The first motorcycle was made
The Daimler Reitwagen was the first petroleum fueled motorcycle. It was built by the German inventors named Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. -
The first gasoline fueled car was made
In 1886 Karl Friedrich Benz invented the first ever gasoline fueled automobile. The machine was powered by an internal combustion engine and was a major step towards modern automobiles. -
Coca cola is introduced to the public
The famous soft drink was introduced as a patent medicine in 1886. The drink was invented to be an alternative to morphine, a highly addictive drug. But ironically the original recipe for Coca-Cola had coca leaves, the base plant for the drug cocaine. -
The zeppelin was made
The zeppelin was an airship designed by Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. The airship was first flown on July 2nd, 1900. It was flown by having 2 external cars connected to zeppelin, it traveled at 20 miles an hour