World Events Timeline

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  • United Kindom was founded

  • James Watt invents the steam engine capable of powering industry

  • The First Fleet arrives in Australia and establishes the British colonies

  • French Revolution begins

  • Samuel Morse develops the telegraph system for sending messages

  • Potato blight causes widespread famine, leading to mass emigration

  • Australia gold rushes begin

  • The Emancipation declarartion makes slavery illigal in the United States

  • The first telegraph is tested

  • The First World war starts and brings destruction to Europe