Industrial Revolution

  • May 7, 1373

    the river lock

    the river lock was used to raise and lower boats in the river to make it easer to get on and off of them.
  • May 13, 1440

    printing press

    The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg, around 1440.
  • May 5, 1536

    potato

    in 1536 the potato was found in peru,south america and was brought backto europe.
  • blood tranfusions

    in1665 The first recorded blood transfusion occured. Physician Richard Lower keeps dogs alive by transfusion of blood from other dogs.
  • the great fire of london

    The Great Fire of London swept through the central parts of the English city of London in 1666.
  • the sewing mechine

    In 1790, the sewing mechine was invented by Thomas Saint the first sewing machine design. but he did not successfully advertise or market his invention.
  • small pox vaccine dicoverd 1796

    approx 406 million lives saved from this vaccine
  • the clock

  • steam engine

    The steam engine was developed over a period of about a hundred years by three British inventors. this is one of the people that helped invent the steam engine Thomas Savery.
  • black death

    In Medieval England, the Black Death killed 1.5 million people out of an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and 1350.The Black Death had a huge impact on society