101_tiny The Industrial Revolution!

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Typesetting2_tiny 03/22/1822 American William Church patents the first typesetting machine.
Water_tiny 03/22/1827 Benoit Fourneyron develops the water turbine. Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule, dies at the age of 74.
03/22/1833 Government sets up inspectorate to ensure that the Factory Acts are being adheared to.
Alamobattle_tiny 07/16/1836 In Texas, the Battle of Alamo occured.
Lighthouse_tiny 02/17/1838 Grace Darling, daughter of the Farne Islands lighthouse keeper, rescue survivors of the ship Forfarshire.
Telegraph-printing_tiny 03/22/1844 First telegraph service setup between Paddington (London) and Slough.
Potato-famine-21_tiny 06/25/1845 Start of the Irish Potato Famine. William McNaught invents the compund steam engine.
08/16/1847 Governement pass the Ten-Hour Act. The 70 hour week becomes 5.5 hours.
03/22/1848 Chartists hold Kennington Common meeting, masterminded by Feargus O'Connor.
Henry_bessemer_tiny 03/22/1853 Henery Bessemer invents process for making cheap steel from pig iron, in response to call for guns for Crimean War.
Cayl6_tiny 03/22/1853 Sir George Cayley constructs the world's first man-carrying glider. He also invented the caterpillar tractor.
09/12/1859 The firsy commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania.
03/22/1860 Road Locomotives Act restricts speed of road vehicles to 5mph. HMS Warrior, first ironclad battleship, launched.
Civil_tiny 03/22/1861 Start of the American Civil War, cutting off raw cotton.
Abraham_tiny 03/22/1865 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Football_london_ilustrated_news_tiny 03/22/1871 Formation of the Rugby Football Union in Britain.
Phone_tiny 05/21/1876 Alaxander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
Thomas-edison_tiny 03/22/1879 Thomas Edison creats the indandescent light bulb.
Teleprinter_tiny 05/13/1897 Creed perfects the Creed Teleprinter for use in newspaper offices.
Bros_tiny 04/27/1903 The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight. After long hours of work the Wright Brothers finally created their dream and were the first humans to fly
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