-
Europe
Wedgwood begins manufacturing pottery -
Europe
Hargreaves invents Spinning Jenny, James Watt builds improved steam train -
Europe
James Watt invents
first rotative engine -
America
Eli Watt’s cotton gin
built -
Europe
First steam engine railroad built by Stevenson, First camera -
America
First mechanical
reaper -
America
Morse sends first telegraphic message between Washington and Baltimore -
Europe
Great exhibition opens in London’s Crystal Palace -
America
Singer Sewing Machine invented -
Asia + Middle East
India’s first cotton mill built -
Europe
Mass production of steel invented -
America
First commercial refrigeration -
Europe
Construction of the London Underground Rail system begins -
Asia + Middle East
Beginning of Meiji Period in Japan and the great leap forward in industrialisation -
Asia + Middle East
Japan’s first telegraph line is laid -
Australia
Overland telegraph links South Australia with Darwin in north -
America
Telephone system developed by Alexander Graham Bell -
Europe
Internal combustion engine developed in Germany -
America
Edison invents the electric light -
Europe
First electric trams, Germany -
Australia
Sunshine Harvester developed in Victoria -
Europe
First automobile developed by Daimler and Benz -
Asia + Middle East
First railroad in China opened -
Europe
Wireless telegraph invented by Marconi -
Australia
Electric trams begin running in Brisbane -
Australia
Cable -
America
Wright Brothers make first aeroplane flight -
Australia
Sydney gets electric street lighting -
America
Henry Ford produces the first model T Ford -
Australia
Harry Houdini flies first plane -
Australia
Francis Birtles crosses Australia in automobile
