Chontaine G Industrial Revolution By chontaine Jan 1, 1750 Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain Jan 1, 1767 James Hardgreaves invents the spinning jenny Jan 1, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Jan 1, 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the Spinning Mule Jan 1, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Jan 1, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron Jan 1, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Jan 1, 1788 Firt Fleet arrives at Botany Bay Jan 1, 1790 First Textile factory built in the USA Jan 1, 1829 George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive Jan 1, 1830 Gas street lighting common in Britain Jan 1, 1838 Brunel's Steamship The Great Western corosses the Atlantic Jan 1, 1844 Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message Jan 1, 1853 US warships visit Japan Jan 1, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Jan 1, 1869 Suez Canal opens Jan 1, 1871 Unification accelerates industrialsation of Germany Jan 1, 1872 Overland telegraph connects Australia to Asia Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Jan 1, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light buld.
