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508 BCE
Democracy Was Invented
Cleisthenes was a lawyer who was in charge of reforming the Athenian constitution and set the constitution on a democratic footing. He thought of the idea of democracy after he and his family were treated unfairly by the rulers of Athens. -
200 BCE
Compass (Important Invention)
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105 BCE
Paper
After noticing that his mailman found it difficult to carry writing on stone tablets, Cai Lun devised a plan to use bamboo and water to make a light weight but writable material. -
4 BCE
Jesus was Born
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1400
The Renaissance Startes
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1440
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenburg modelled it off of the wine-and-olive press the used in the Mediterranean area and instead used it with paper and ink. -
Clock (Important Invention)
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French Revolution
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Industrial Revolution Started
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Anaesthesia
William T.G. Morton invented anaesthesia after noticing that when his patient inhaled nitrous oxide, they would be immune to pain. -
Seatbelt
In 1885, George Caley patented the seatbelt to keep tourists safe during paragliding. -
Automobile
Karl Friedrich Benz was an inventor used the recently invented combustible engine and put it in a motor carriage to create the first automobile. -
Weaving Loom
After Joseph-Marie Jacquard inherited 2 loom from his father and seeing major financial instability, without giving up, he used a the already existing punch-card readers to automate textile designing. -
Airplane (Important Invention)
The Wright Brothers were 2 brothers who were fascinated with flying toys since they were kids. They used a propeller used in toys and added them to wings to invent the first plane. -
Band-Aid
Earle Dickson invented it after his wife kept cutting herself. He used cotton and adhesive tape to create an easily-to-put-on bandage. -
World War 2 Started
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Velcro
While taking his dog on a walk, George de Mestral noticed that burrs stuck onto his dogs. He realised that the hooks on the burrs would cling onto the fur making it stick and he ended up applying this mechanic in Velcro.