David Ramsay receives a patent from the British government for a pump that is driven by heated water that is converted into steam.
The British Parliament passes navigation acts designed to give preference to English merchant ships over the Dutch.
Jethro Tull is born. Tull is credited with developing the first seed drill.
English philosopher John Locke writes that governments derive their power from the people.
Steam Engines: Savery invented a steam-driven water pump
Agriculture: Tull developed the seed drill
Steam Engines: Newcomen made a successful steam engine
Iron and Steel: Darby used coke to make pig iron
Thomas Newcomen builds his first steam engine in England.
Steam Engines: Newcomen made an atmospheric steam engine
Agriculture: Townsend introduced Four Year Crop Rotation
Textiles: Kay invented the Flying Shuttle
Iron and Steel: Huntsman 'rediscovered' steel
Iron and Steel: First iron rolling mill is opened
Agriculture: Bakewell experimented with selective breeding
Iron and Steel: Boulton opened an ironworks in Birmingham
James Hargreaves invents a new version of the traditional spinning machine, Steam Engines: Watt invented the internal condenser.
Textiles: Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny
The first iron rails are introduced in England by Richard Reynolds.
American colonist declare their independence from England.
Textiles: Crompton developed the Spinning Mule
Steam Engines: Watt developed the compound steam engine
Agriculture: Tull's seed drill is improved by adding gears
Steamships: d'Abbans steamship Pyroscaphe launched, Iron and Steel: Cort invented the "puddling process", Textiles: Arkwright's Masson Mill opened.
Steam Engines: Boulton used a rotary steam engine in his factory
Steam Engines: Boulton used steam to power his coin factory, Agriculture: Meikle developed a threshing machine Road Transport: Murdock developed a road steam vehicle
Steam Engines: Boulton used a rotary steam engine in his factory
Steamships: Symington's Charlotte Dundas steamship
Steamships: Fulton's steam-driven boat used on the Seine
Textiles: Jaquard used a punch card for weaving, Steamships: Steven's used a twin-screw propeller steamboat
Railways: Wandsworth-Croydon public railway opened
Railways: Oystermouth passenger railway opened
Steamships: Fulton's steam paddleship, the Clermont
Railways: Trevithick's "Catch -Me-Who-Can" locomotive is built
Road Transport: Macadam developed a new type of road construction
Railways: Blenkinsop's railway locomotive operated, Road Transport: First horse-drawn bus system operated, Steamships: The steamship Comet operated on the Clyde
Textiles: Horrocks invented the speed batton, Railways: Hedley's "Puffing Billy" used on a non-toothed track
Road Transport: Telford's London to Holyhead road constructed
Steamships: The steamship Savannah crossed the Atlantic
Railways: Wrought iron rails used to make railways,Steamships: The steamship James Watt was launched
Marc Brunel invents a tunnelling shield, making subaqueous tunnelling possible.
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines.
Charles Babbage develops his analytic engine--the forerunner of the computer. Fox Talbot produces photographs.
Morse develops the telegraph and Morse Code. Great Western--first ocean-going steamship.
Pneumatic tire patentedFirst telegraph cable laid under the Channel.
Petrol (gasoline) refining first used. Natural Science Honours School established at Oxford.
Singer invents first practical sewing machine. Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge.
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species. Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania. Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine.
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.
Alfred Nobel produces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be safely handled.
Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter. James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation
Bell invents the telephone.
Edison invents the phonograph.
Microphone invented.
Edison invents the incandescent lamp.
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.
Maxim invents the machine gun, making possible mass slaughter and beginning the mechanization of warfare.
Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine.