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Crop Rotation
Crop rotation was able to bring the farmers in that time period a way to keep soil healthy and not let the crops die by changing the types of crops in a rotating position every year. -
Jethro Drill
Jethro Tull made an incredible new invention for farming that called the Jethro Drill that was capable of digging symmetrical holes, planting seeds perfectly and then burying the holes. This meant that the drill increased planting speed by 500% -
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Industrial Revolution
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Blast Furnace
Abraham Darby invented the first blast furnace which was capable of producing high-quality iron -
Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen develops the atmospheric engine which was the first practical Steam engine -
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Advanced Loom
The invention of new and larger spinning and weaving machines shifts textile industry into factories. -
Sankey Canal opened
The purpose of the Sankey Canal was to carry coal up and down it for the growing chemical industry. -
Steam Engine of continuous power
James Watt's new invention of the Steam engine was able to use a lot less fuel than in previous engines and was able to use much more of the steam produced than the previous Newcomen engine. -
Captain Cook lands in Australia
On the 29th of April Captain Cook first step foot on the land of New South Wales at Botany and that was the first landing before the first fleet came to establish it. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of time in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. The French Revolution lasted 10 years from 1789 to 1799. It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille. -
The First Census in Britain
The Census Bill was presented to Parliament on 20 November 1800, passed on 3 December and received Royal Assent on 31 December. The first census was held on Tuesday 10 March 1801. -
First Steam Locomotive
The first ever steam engine locomotive was built and name the Puffing Billy, built by William Hedley, Jonathan Forster and Timothy Hackworth. -
Railways
Railway building started to begin in France and Germany. -
The Factory Act
The Factory act had made the acts of children under the age of 9 years old illegal to work and it also made children over 13 years old work no longer that 69 hours per week. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse independently developed a recording electric telegraph in 1837. It embossed dots and dashes on a moving paper tape by a stylus which was operated by an electromagnet. -
Great Famine
The diseases were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant. The causative agent of late blight is the water mold Phytophthora infestans. It last from 1845-1849. This period had caused a large amount of sarvation and disease. -
The Great Exhibition
In 1851, the Great Exhibition was held in what was called "The Glass Palace". And then after six months over 6 million people came to visit to see the great trade shows and the new technology of that generation. -
Bubonic Plague
This Plague had started in a small country in Asia but then spread very quickly throughout the world and even went to Australia. The Plague had caused over 15 million deaths and last more than 5 centuries.
