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David Ramsay receives a patent from the British government for a pump that is driven by heated water that is converted into steam.
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The British Parliament passes navigation acts designed to give preference to English merchant ships over the Dutch.
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Jethro Tull is born. Tull is credited with developing the first seed drill.
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English philosopher John Locke writes that governments derive their power from the people.
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Steam Engines: Savery invented a steam-driven water pump
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Agriculture: Tull developed the seed drill
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Steam Engines: Newcomen made a successful steam engine
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Iron and Steel: Darby used coke to make pig iron
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Thomas Newcomen builds his first steam engine in England.
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Steam Engines: Newcomen made an atmospheric steam engine
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Agriculture: Townsend introduced Four Year Crop Rotation
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Textiles: Kay invented the Flying Shuttle
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Iron and Steel: Huntsman 'rediscovered' steel
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Iron and Steel: First iron rolling mill is opened
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Agriculture: Bakewell experimented with selective breeding
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Iron and Steel: Boulton opened an ironworks in Birmingham
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James Hargreaves invents a new version of the traditional spinning machine, Steam Engines: Watt invented the internal condenser.
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Textiles: Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny
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The first iron rails are introduced in England by Richard Reynolds.
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American colonist declare their independence from England.
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Textiles: Crompton developed the Spinning Mule
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Steam Engines: Watt developed the compound steam engine
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Agriculture: Tull's seed drill is improved by adding gears
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Steamships: d'Abbans steamship Pyroscaphe launched, Iron and Steel: Cort invented the "puddling process", Textiles: Arkwright's Masson Mill opened.
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Steam Engines: Boulton used a rotary steam engine in his factory
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Steam Engines: Boulton used steam to power his coin factory, Agriculture: Meikle developed a threshing machine Road Transport: Murdock developed a road steam vehicle
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Steam Engines: Boulton used a rotary steam engine in his factory
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Road Transport: Trevithick's passenger steam vehicle
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Steamships: Symington's Charlotte Dundas steamship
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Steamships: Fulton's steam-driven boat used on the Seine
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Textiles: Jaquard used a punch card for weaving, Steamships: Steven's used a twin-screw propeller steamboat
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Railways: Wandsworth-Croydon public railway opened
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Railways: Oystermouth passenger railway opened
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Steamships: Fulton's steam paddleship, the Clermont
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Railways: Trevithick's "Catch -Me-Who-Can" locomotive is built
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Road Transport: Macadam developed a new type of road construction
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Railways: Blenkinsop's railway locomotive operated, Road Transport: First horse-drawn bus system operated, Steamships: The steamship Comet operated on the Clyde
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Textiles: Horrocks invented the speed batton, Railways: Hedley's "Puffing Billy" used on a non-toothed track
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Road Transport: Telford's London to Holyhead road constructed
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Steamships: The steamship Savannah crossed the Atlantic
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Railways: Wrought iron rails used to make railways,Steamships: The steamship James Watt was launched
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Marc Brunel invents a tunnelling shield, making subaqueous tunnelling possible.
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Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines.
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Charles Babbage develops his analytic engine--the forerunner of the computer. Fox Talbot produces photographs.
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Morse develops the telegraph and Morse Code. Great Western--first ocean-going steamship.
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Pneumatic tire patentedFirst telegraph cable laid under the Channel.
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Petrol (gasoline) refining first used. Natural Science Honours School established at Oxford.
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Singer invents first practical sewing machine. Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge.
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Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species. Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania. Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine.
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Siemens-Martin open hearth process (along with the Bessemer converter) makes steel available in bulk. Steel begins to replace iron in building: steel framing and reinforced concrete make possible "curtain-wall" architecture--i.e., the skyscraper.
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Alfred Nobel produces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be safely handled.
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Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter. James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation
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Bell invents the telephone.
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Edison invents the phonograph.
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Microphone invented.
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Edison invents the incandescent lamp.
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First skyscraper (ten stories) in Chicago. The Brooklyn Bridge opens. This large suspension bridge, built by the Roeblings (father and son), is a triumph of engineering.
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Maxim invents the machine gun, making possible mass slaughter and beginning the mechanization of warfare.
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Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine.
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Hertz produces radio waves.
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Eiffel Tower.
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Rudolf Diesel invents his namesake.
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Lumière brothers develop Cinematograph. Roentgen discovers X-rays.
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Marconi patents wireless telegraph.
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Joseph Thomson discovers particles smaller than atoms.
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Aspirin invented.
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First Zeppelin built.
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Marconi transmits first trans-Atlantic radio message (from Cape Cod).
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Wright brothers make the first successful powered airplane flight.
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Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.