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Jan 1, 1350
The Black Death Plague Started
The Black Death was a deadly disease that was spread by the fleas on rats and killed millions of people. One in three people died from the black death but many more people suffered from the disease but lived. Symptoms of the black death included flu-like symptoms and would get swollen glands and buboes in the groin, neck and armpits would appear and would ooze pus and bleed when opened. People would die within the second to seventh day of having the plague. -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
Lead Up to Industrial Revolution
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May 1, 1440
Invention of Printing Press
The Printing Press was invented by Johannes Gutenburg around the 1440s. The invention of the printing press enabled people to make lots of copies of of books and newspapers a lot quicker. Before the printing press, copies of books and pictures had to be completed by hand and took a lot longer. It would take approximitely 2 weeks to write a 500 paged book. The printing press works by having a frame that has small type blocks and the blocks would get covered in ink. -
May 1, 1440
Printing Press Part 2.
A sheet of paper would then get placed over the blocks and pressed down by a big block of wood. The printing press was opperated by hand but then later on people worked out how to work the printing press with a steam engine. -
May 6, 1440
Caravel
The Crarvel was a ship that was invented to go faster and carry more cago, in the 1400s. The caravel had a rounded hull which made it possible to carry more cargo and had 3 masts with square sails and one triangular sail to catch more wind so they were able to travel faster. Because of the square sails the caravel was able to travel into the wind much easier than older ships. Caravels were much lighter and were about 65ft long and could carry up to around 130 tons. -
Apr 8, 1492
Potato Found
The potato was found in South America and Peru. It took 100-200 years to become widespread in Europe, but once they did they helped with the starvation of families.They were easy to grow and would grow almost anywhere. -
Intravenous Injections
In 1656 Sir Christopher Wren discovered that blood, drugs and vaccines could be injected into peoples blood, through their veins. This helped cure many deseases and was the most effective way to protect and prevent people from deseases. -
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London started on the 2nd of September and finished on the 5th of September. The fire burnt and destroyed the streets of London that were filthy and were associated with the Black Death Plague. The fire boiled the Fleet, which was an extremely polluted creek that flowed into the Thames, which was a major river that flowed through London. By boiling the Fleet it sterilised it which killed the bacteria and diseases that contributed to the Plague. -
Identification Of Blood Cells
The identification of red blood cells was in 1673, by a man named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. He was not the very first person to identify the red particles in blood but he's observations were more thorough and diverse. Antoni van Leeuwehoek's first written description of human red blood cells were of his own blood. The first drawings of animal red blood cells were also by Antoni, in 1682. -
Invention of Steam Engine
The first Steam Engine was invented by an English Military Engineer and inventer, Thomas Savery. Thomas patented the first Crude Steam Engine in 1698. He invented the crude steam engine to pump water out of coal mines. He later worked with Thomas Newcomen on the Atmospheric Steam Engine, which was an advancement to he's earlier design. -
Invention Of The Sewing Machine
The sewing machine was invented to decrease the amount of sewing done by people manually in clothing companies. Nobody really knows exactally who originally had the idea and invented the sewing machine but it is genially known that a man named Thomas Saint patented the first sewing machine. -
Spinning Jenny
The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves, in England, in 1764. The Spinning Jenny was invented as a way to create yarn quicker and easier as it is a multi-spindle spinning frame. This enabled one worker to work on eight spools at once, producing yarn in larger quantities. -
Invention Of Threshing Machine
The threshing machine was invented in 1786 by Andrew Meikle, a Scottish mechanical engineer. The threshing machine was invented to separate the grain from the stalks and husks. Before the threshing machine was invented this had to be done by hand, using a flail, which was very time consuming and hard labor. The threshing machine made work a lot quicker and easier, which meant a lot more grain was produced each day. -
Discovery of Smallpox Vaccine
Edward Jenner first introduced the Small Pox vaccine in 1796. It was the first successful vaccine, which saved approximitely 406million lives. Edward Jenner discovered that people that had had cowpox desease were immune to the smallpox desease. -
Invention Of Telegraph
The telegraph was invented in the 1830s and 1840s by Samual Morse. The telegraph was invented to enable long distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals through a wire that was layed between stations. Samual Morse created a code that consisted of dots and dashes for each letter of the alphabet which he named Morse Code after himself. In 1844 Samual Morse sent his first telegraph message from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland. -
Invention Of Blood Transfusions
The first known blood tranfusion was attempted in the early 1600s but the first successful blood transfusion was in England, in 1665 and was performed by a Physician, Richard Lower. He saved a dog's life by giving it other dogs blood through the transfusion. Later it was discovered that blood can only be transfered from one person to the other if the two blood types match, or else it can cause complications to occur. but if neccessary a person can be given group O negative blood. -
Invention Of The River Lock
The river lock was invented to allow boats and ships to be raised and lowered to overcome differences is water levels. This enabled rivers and canals to be connected for boats and ships to travel through. Which broadened business and exchanges between different towns and countries, creating more business to contribute towards the Industrial Revolution.
