Timeline: A Time of Technological Advancement | Timetoast

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Period: Feb 16, 1730 to Feb 16, 1910

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Feb 16, 1733

John Kay invents the Flying Shuttle

made weaving quicker and more efficient
Mar 16, 1775

James Watt invents the first steam engine
Apr 16, 1776

Adam Smith coins "capitalism"
May 16, 1779

Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule
Jun 16, 1794

Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
Jul 16, 1808

Jeremy Bentham coins "utilitarianism"
Jun 18, 1812

U.S. declares war on Great Britain

became known as War of 1812
Nov 16, 1819

Factory Bill banns hiring of children under 9
Sep 16, 1829

Charles Fourier coins "Socialism" in France
Jun 11, 1833

Slavery abolished in Great Britain
Feb 19, 1836

SAmuel F. B. Morse invents language of communication for telegraph
May 23, 1837

the name "Industrial Revolution" is coined by Arnold Toynbee, a frenchman
Apr 22, 1844

Elias Howe invents the first sewing machine
Apr 1, 1848

Karl Marx and his "Communist Manifesto" coin communism
Jan 19, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone
Feb 16, 1877

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
Feb 7, 1889

Jane Addams founds the Hull House in Chicago
May 18, 1903

Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first functioning airplane
Mar 19, 1905

The Womens' Social and Political Union was formed
Nov 18, 1908

Henry Ford invents the first car; the Model T Ford