The Industrial Revolution

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  • Invention of the Spinning Jenny

  • First Practical Steam Engine

  • Invention of the water-powered loom

  • Invention of the battery

  • The Clermont is built...

    ...It was the first paddle-wheel steamboat.

  • Greece separates from the Ottoman Empire

  • The Congress of Vienna established

  • Birth of Bismarck

  • Frankenstein published

  • Implementation of the Carlsbad Decrees

  • Revolution of Belgium...

    ...which created an independent nation.

  • English Reform Bill

  • The Factory Act

  • Period: to

    Queen Victoria's Reign

  • Opium War begins in China

  • Period: to

    Irish Potato Famine...

    ...The population went from 8.2 to 6.5 million.

  • The Mines Act

  • The 10 Hours Act

  • The Frankfurt Assembly

  • The Second Republic established

  • Victor Emmanuel Crowned King

  • Camillo di Cavour made Prime Minister

  • Louis-Napoleon proclaimed Emperor

  • Period: to

    The Crimean War

  • Publication of On the Origin of Species

  • Period: to

    The American Civil War

  • Emancipation of Russian Serfs

  • Ausgleich Compromise

  • Suez Canal completed

  • Legalization of trade unions

  • Assasination of Alexander II