hughs "making of the modern world" timeline

By stochu796

  • James watts

    James Watts developes a much more efficient steam engine

  • american decloration

    in 1776 america declared a decloration of independience and declared americsa colonies apart from great britain, the en that declared it were, Benajmin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R livingston and John Adams

  • first fleet

    in 1788 the first fleet landed in botany bay in australia, begining british settlement in australia

  • french revolution

    Out break of the french revoloution, citizens of paris, headed bye the national gaurds storm astille prisonon 14 july

  • the battery

    Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electrical current,, the unit of electricity the volt is named after him

  • 1812, workers smash machinery

    durong 1812 workers smashed machiners fearing it would take there jobs

  • first passanger railway

    George Stephenson builds the first passenger railway between liverpool and manchester

  • edward hargraves

    edward hargraves discovers gold in bathurst nsw australia creating a spark of gold rushes around the australian country

  • federation of australia

    the siz colines of austraia form one nation

  • first heavyer than air flight

    wilbur and orville wright create an airiplane and fly for 12 meters

  • TITANIC

    the then worlds biggest ship the titanic sinks on its voyage inn the atlantic ocean killing 1517

  • WW1

    world war 1 ends with the defeat of germany