Land Transportation

The 1st Navigable Submarine

Jan 1, 1620

was invented by Dutchman Cornelis Drebbel

Watt steam engine

Jan 30, 1736

The Watt steam engine,invented by a Scottish inventor

Invention of the first automobile

Oct 19, 1769

Frenchman named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot attempted to adapt a steam engine technology to a road vehicle and the result was the invention of the first automobile

First Military Submarine

Mar 20, 1776

The hand-powered, egg-shaped Turtle in 1776, the first military submarine.

World’s First Steamship

Feb 1, 1783

French inventor,Claude de Jouffroy build the “World’s First Steamship”

First road locomotive

Feb 19, 1801

British inventor Richard Trevithick unveiled the world’s first road locomotive

Eight wagon locomotive

Jun 16, 1814

In 1814, Stephenson designed the Blücher, an eight wagon locomotive

First gasoline-powered automobile

May 20, 1858

In 1858 Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir of Belgium invented , “the first gasoline-powered automobile”

The worlds first motorcycle

Apr 20, 1867

In 1867 the two-wheeled steam-powered bicycle considered by many historians to be “the world’s first motorcycle”

First electric battery powered submarine

Dec 15, 1888

n 1888, the Spanish navy launched the Peral submarine, the first electric battery-powered submarine