Industrial revolution timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Dec 30, 1740 to Dec 30, 1920

Timeline of the Industrial Revolution
Dec 30, 1750

Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain
Dec 30, 1767

James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
Dec 30, 1769

Richard Arkwright invents the water frame
Dec 30, 1779

Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule
Dec 30, 1781

James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery
Dec 30, 1783

Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron
Dec 30, 1785

Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
Dec 30, 1788

The frist fleet arrives at Botany Bay
Dec 30, 1790

First Textile factory built in the USA
Dec 30, 1829

George Stephenson developing a rocket, a working locomotive
Dec 30, 1830

Gas street lighting common in Britain
Dec 30, 1838

Brunel's steamship 'The Great Western' crosses the Atlantic
Dec 30, 1844

Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message
Dec 30, 1853

US warship visit Japan
Dec 30, 1856

Bessemer process enables mass production of steel
Dec 30, 1869

Suez Canal opens
Dec 30, 1871

Unification accelerates Industrailisation in Germany
Dec 30, 1872

Overland telegraph connects to Australia and Asia
Dec 30, 1876

Alexander Garham invents the Telephone
Dec 30, 1879

Thomas Edison invents the first reliable bulb
Dec 30, 1889

Eiffel Tower completed in France
Dec 30, 1903

Wright brothers invent modern flight
Dec 30, 1904

Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrailisation
Dec 30, 1913

Henry Ford mass produce the Model T Ford