The Events of The Industrial Revolution

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  • Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine

  • Britain's First Canal Opened

    History Of Britain's Canals

  • The first cotton spinning factory was opened

  • The first steam powered mill began operation

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

  • Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive

  • The ‘Luddites’ began to destroy machines

  • Britain’s first passenger steam railway was opened

    Britain's First Steam Powered Railway Opens

  • The first great cholera epidemic

  • Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire

  • Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph

    Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph
    First Photograph

  • The First Ever Lightbulb

    http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity

  • Compulsory education for all children is introduced

  • First skyscraper was built in Chicago

  • Karl Benz invented the first automobile

    Karl Benz invented the first automobile
    History of Karl Benz

  • Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves

  • Wireless radio invented

    Wireless radio invented

  • Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight

  • World War 1

    World War 1
    Outbreak of World War 1

  • The First Ever Telephone

    The First Ever Telephone