Industrial revolution

Key events from the Industrial Revolution

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  • Steam engine

    Steam engine

  • First cotton factory opened

    First cotton factory

  • First steam powered mill began operation

    First steam powered mill began operation

  • Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine

    steam engine patended

  • demonstration of first steam locomotive

    demonstration of first steam locomotive

  • Britains first passenger steam railway was opened

    first railway in britain

  • Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire

    abolished slavery

  • Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph

    first photo

  • First telephone

    First telephone

  • Lightbulb was invented

    Lightbulb was invented

  • Compulsory education for all children is introduced

    Compulsory education for all children is introduced

  • first skyscraper built

    first skyscraper built

  • First automobile invented

    First automobile invented

  • wireless radio was invented

    wireless radio was invented

  • World War 1 began

    World War 1 began