Transport

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/19/770	Horse shoes	Iron horse shoes were created to improve transportation by horse.
01/19/1492	Flying Machines	Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines - with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight
01/19/1620	Submarine	Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - an human oared submersible
01/19/1662	Bus	Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system
01/19/1740	Clockwork Carriage	Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage
01/01/1769	First Self-propelled road Vehicle	First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Joseph Cugnot
01/19/1783	PaddleWheele steamboat	First practical steamboat demonstrated by Marquis Claude Francois de Jouffroy d'Abbans - a paddle wheel steamboat
01/19/1783	Hot air Balloons	The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons
01/26/1790	Modern Bicycle	Modern bicycles invented
01/26/1801	Locomotive (steam)	Richard Trevithick invented the first steam powered locomotive.
01/26/1807	Locomotive with internal combustion power	Isaac de Rivas Richard Trevithick invented the first steam powered locomotive - With internal combustion power - however, very unsuccessful design.
01/26/1807	SteamBoat-With normal passanger service	First steamboat with regular passenger service - inventor Robert Fulton's Clermont
01/26/1814	Practical steam locomotive	George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive
01/26/1862	Gosoline engine automobile	Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile
01/26/1867	Motorcycle	First motorcycle invented
01/26/1868	Locomotive Break	George Westinghouse invents the compressed air locomotive brake.
01/26/1871	Cable Car	First cable car invented
01/26/1885	First practical auto mobile powered by internal combustion engine	Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine
01/26/1899	Drigible-Zeppelin	Ferdinand von Zeppelin invents the first successful dirigible - the Zeppelin
01/26/1903	The Wright Brothers	The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane
01/26/1907	First Helicopter	Very first helicopter - unsuccessful design
01/26/1908	Assembly LIne	Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/19/770 to 01/19/1981	History of transport