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