History

By gtaylor5

  • The first blast furnaces are used in England

  • James Watt invents the steam engine

  • Captain Cook first sights the east coast of Australia

  • The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay

  • The French Revolution begins

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

  • The British parliament passes a bill abolishing the trading of slaves in their territory

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    A potato blight in Ireland creates widespread famine

  • Freed American slaves found the republic of Liberia in West Africa

  • The Victorian gold rush begins

  • The American civil war begins

  • Abraham Lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation

  • The American civil war ends

  • Australia celebrates federation