1750S - 1920's By Nick_Purcey Feb 11, 1750 Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain Feb 11, 1767 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Feb 11, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Feb 11, 1779 Samuel Crompton invewnts the spinning rule Feb 11, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Feb 11, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron Feb 11, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Feb 11, 1788 First Fleet arives at Botany Bay Feb 11, 1790 First textile factory built in the USA Feb 11, 1829 George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive Feb 11, 1830 Gas street lighting common in Britain Feb 11, 1838 Brunel's steamship The Great Western crosses the Atlantic Feb 11, 1844 Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message Feb 11, 1853 US warships visit Japan Feb 11, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Feb 11, 1869 Suez Canal opens Feb 11, 1871 Unification accellerates industrialisation of Germany Feb 11, 1872 Overland telegraph connects Australia to Asia Feb 11, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Feb 11, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb Feb 11, 1889 Eiffel Tower completed in France Feb 11, 1903 Wright brothers invnent modern flight Feb 11, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation Feb 11, 1913 Henry Ford mass produces Model T-Ford