Industrial Revolution By wattahead Dec 16, 1750 Enlosures of farming land accelerate in Britian Period: Dec 16, 1750 to Dec 16, 1914 Timeline of the Industrial Revolution Dec 16, 1767 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Dec 16, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Apr 17, 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule Dec 16, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Dec 19, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron Dec 19, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Dec 19, 1788 First Fleet arives at Botany Bay Dec 16, 1790 First textile factory built in the USA Dec 19, 1829 George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive Dec 16, 1830 Gas street lighting common in Britian Dec 16, 1838 Brunel's steamship 'The Great Western' crossed the Atlantic Dec 19, 1844 Samual Morse sends first successful telegraphy messgae Dec 16, 1853 US warships visits Japan Dec 16, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Dec 19, 1869 Suez Canal opens Dec 19, 1871 Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany Dec 19, 1872 Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia Dec 16, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Dec 16, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulk Dec 19, 1889 Eiffel Tower completed in France Dec 19, 1903 Wright Brothers invents modern flight Dec 16, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation Dec 16, 1913 Henry Ford mass produces tge Model T Ford
