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James Watt
James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine -
American Declaration
American Declaration of indipendence announces the American colonies indipendice from Great Brittan -
The First Fleet
The first fleet arrives in Botanny Bay, beginning British settlement in Australia -
French Revolution
Outbreak of the French Revolution as a consequince of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagent lifestyles. -
Battery
Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electrical current: the unit of electric potentional, volt, is named after him -
Rail ways
George Stephonson builds the first passenger railway between liverpool and manchester -
Peoples Charter
Publication of the peoples chatrer in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 21 -
Gold Rush
Edward hargraves discover gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, trigerring several gold rushes around Australia -
Federation of Australia
The six colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and western Australia form one nation -
First Plane
The Wright brothers invent the first lighter than air flight -
Ford T model
Henry Ford produces the Ford T model Automobile -
Titanic sinks
The largest passenger ship in the world hits an iceburg in the north west-west Atlantic ocean and sinks. 1517 people die -
World War 1
World war 1 ends with the defaet of Germany
