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Jan 1, 1563
The Stocking Frame is invented
This device is used to knit stockings. -
The Languedoc Canal is made.
This canal connects the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay. This is the largest canal made between the Roman times and the 19th century. -
The 'Eve' of the Industrial Revolution
The early 1700's is believed to be the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. -
The mechanical seed sower is invented.
Jethro Tull invents this machine to large-scale planting in rows making it easier for cultivation. -
The invention of the first steam engine.
Thomas Newcomen builds the first successful commercial steam engine, making it able to keep coal out of the water. This is the first most powerful energy source other than wind and water. -
The flying shuttle is invented.
John Kay invented this machine which weaved wide fabrics. -
First threshing machine is invented.
This was invented by a Scottish man named Andrew Meikle and is used to harvest wheat. -
The Spinning Jenny is invented.
James Hargreaves invented this machine which weaves cloth. -
The first efficient steam engine.
Watt invents this engine and this is much more efficient than Newcomen's one. -
The cotton gin is invented.
The cotton gin is invented by Eli Whitney which is used to clean raw cotton. -
The first successful steamboat.
Robert Fulton's Clermont is the first successful steamboat. -
Tunnelling shield is invented.
This allowed people to subaqueous tunnel. -
The first commercial railway becomes regular.
The Liverpool and Manchester railway begin this. -
The electro-magnetic current is discovered.
Farraday finds this making it possible to make generators and electricity. -
Photographs are produced.
Fox Talbot produces photographs. -
Morse code and the telegraph is invented.
These are invented by Morse. -
Photographic paper is invented.
Fox Talbot invented this. -
Concrete is invented.
Monier reinforces this. -
Petrol/gas is first used.
Petrol/gas is first used. -
The first sewing machine is invented.
Singer invents the first sewing machine. -
Steel converter is invented.
Bessemer invented this. -
Dynamite is invented.
Alfred Nobel invented. -
The Remmington typewriter is invented.
Christopher Sholes invented this. -
The telephone is invented.
Alexander Graham Bell invented this. -
The phonograph is invented.
Thomas Edison invented this. -
The microphone is invented.
The microphone is invented. -
The incandescent lamp is invented.
This was invented by Thomas Edison. -
First skyscraper.
The first skyscraper was in Chicago and was ten stories high. -
The first machine gun is invented.
This was invented by Maxim and was the beginning of warfare. -
First radio heat waves produced.
This was produced by Hertz. -
X-rays are discovered and the Cinematograph is developed.
X-rays are discovered by Roentgen and the Cinematograph was developed by the Lumiere brothers. -
Wireless telegraph is invented.
This was invented by Marconi. -
The discovery of smaller parts than atoms.
Joseph Tompson discovered this. -
Aspirin is invented.
Aspirin is invented, this is a medicine that lessens pain. -
Wright brother's first flight.
The Wright brother's make their first flight by plane.
