Key events from the Industrial Revolution By rheanna.hanlon.01 Period: Jan 1, 1712 to Dec 31, 1914 timespan Mar 19, 1712 Steam engine Mar 19, 1771 First cotton factory opened First cotton factory Mar 19, 1779 First steam powered mill began operation Mar 19, 1782 Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine steam engine patended Mar 19, 1801 demonstration of first steam locomotive Mar 19, 1825 Britains first passenger steam railway was opened first railway in britain Mar 19, 1833 Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire abolished slavery Mar 19, 1834 Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph first photo Mar 19, 1876 First telephone Mar 19, 1879 Lightbulb was invented Mar 19, 1880 Compulsory education for all children is introduced Mar 19, 1883 first skyscraper built Mar 19, 1885 First automobile invented Mar 19, 1889 wireless radio was invented Mar 19, 1914 World War 1 began
