The Industrial Revolution

John Wesley

Jan 1, 1700

Founded the methodist faith

JethroTull

Jan 1, 1701

Invented the seed drill which prevented the waste of seeds aand made planting and harvesting easier.

James Watt

Jan 1, 1736

Father of the Industrial Revolution

James Hargreaves

Jan 1, 1764

Invented the spinning Jenny

Richard Arkwright

Jan 1, 1768

Invented the water frame

Robert Owen

Jan 1, 1771

Social reformer and one of the founders of Utopian Socalism

Thomas Newcomen

Jan 1, 1772

Invented the first steam engine powered by coal.

John Kay

Jan 1, 1779

Invented the flying shuttle

George Stephnson

Jan 1, 1781

Invented first steam locomotive

Eli Whitney

Jan 1, 1793

Invented the cotton gin

Karl Marx

Jan 1, 1884

German Philsopher who promoted idea of "Scientific Socailism"

Abraham Darby

Jan 1, 1886

Introduced smelting