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First productive steam engine
Invented by Thomas Newcomen -
The Flying Shuttle
Invented by John Kay -
The Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves -
The Water Frame
Invented by Richard Arkwright -
Revision of The Steam Engine
Done by James Watt -
The Spinning Mule
Invented by Samuel Crompton -
The Wealth of Nations
Published by Adam Smith -
James Watt adapts his steam engine from a reciprocal to a rotary motion
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The Power Loom
Invented by Edmund Cartwright. Replaced the flying shuttle. -
New iron refining techniques
Invented by Henry Cort -
Cartwright changes his huge factories over from water power to steam engines
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Illegal to unionize
Combination Acts make it illegal in England for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay or better working conditions -
The Cornish “puffer” steam powered locomotive
Richard Trevithick drives the Cornish “puffer” steam powered locomotive down the street of Camborne, England -
Luddite Rebellion begins
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Illegal to destroy industrial machines
Parliament makes it illegal to destroy industrial machines. Punishment: penalty of death -
A steam engine locomotive that runs on rails
Patented by George Stephenson -
Railway from Liverpool to Manchester
Stephenson commissions to construct a 30-mile railway from Liverpool to Manchester -
Stephenson’s Rocket
Stephenson’s Rocket wins the speed contest on the new Liverpool to Manchester railroad -
Investigation of child labor in factories
Sadler Committee investigates child labor in factories and issues report to Parliament -
106,000 power looms operating in Great Britain
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The General Board of Health
British government sets up the General Board of Health to investigate sanitary conditions, setting up local boards to ensure safe water in cities -
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto -
6,031 miles of railroad track in Great Britain
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The Cholera epidemic
10,000 people die in three months in London from Cholera epidemic -
The Education Act
Education Act made school compulsory for children up to age 10 -
Ships in Great Britain
90% of all ships in the world are built in Great Britain -
35,00 miles of railroad track in Great Britain
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Minimum work age raised
Factory Act raised the minimum work age to 12 years old -
236 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain
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Education Act
Education Act made school compulsory for children up to age 14 -
Compulsory education for citizens through age 18
English government mandates and funds compulsory education for all citizens through age 18
