Year 9 History Promotions By Andrew.98 Dec 11, 1750 Start of the industrial Revolution Period: Dec 11, 1750 to Dec 11, 1918 Timeline Dec 11, 1770 Great Britain Settled Australia Dec 11, 1783 cotton gin invented Dec 11, 1784 first steam power engine built Dec 11, 1787 First steamship built Dec 11, 1804 First railway built Dec 11, 1851 Start of the Australian gold rush Dec 11, 1854 Eureka Stockade Dec 11, 1901 Australia's Federation Dec 11, 1915 Allied troops landed in Gallipoli Dec 11, 1916 Battle of Jutland Dec 11, 1917 USA declared war on Germany Dec 11, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany