Stuff By morganeldrett Jan 1, 1750 Enclosures of farming land accelerating in Britain Jan 1, 1767 James Harngreaves invents the spinning Jenny. Jan 1, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame. Jan 1, 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule Jan 1, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery.. Jan 1, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddlingto produce wroght iron. Jan 1, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom. Jan 1, 1788 First fleet arrives at botony bay. Jan 1, 1790 First textile factory built in the USA Jan 1, 1829 Geroge Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive. Jan 1, 1830 Gas street lighting common in Britain May 8, 1838 Brunel's streamship The Great Western crosses the Atlantic May 8, 1844 Samuel Morse sends his first sucessful telegraph message May 8, 1853 US warships visit Japan May 8, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel May 8, 1869 Suez canal opens May 8, 1871 Unification accelarates industrialisation of Germany May 8, 1872 Overland telegraph connects Austraia to Asia May 8, 1876 Aleander Graham Bell invents the telephone May 8, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable eclevctric light bulb May 8, 1889 Eiffle Tower completed in France May 8, 1903 Wright Brothers invent modern flight May 8, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelartes Russian industrialisation May 8, 1913 Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford
