Impacts on Australia By 176000 Feb 8, 1775 American War of Independance Feb 11, 1776 American Decloration of Independance Feb 11, 1785 Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom Feb 11, 1789 The French declaration of the rights of man and citizen (which says nothing about slaves of women- The French Revolution Feb 11, 1791 Tom Plaine's The rights of man is published Feb 11, 1804 First Steam Locomotive is operating in Penneydarren, Wales Feb 11, 1811 Luddite riots destroy machines in factories Feb 11, 1830 George Stephenson begins a rail service from London to Liverpool Feb 11, 1830 Chartism, a working-class movement for male voting and other rights Feb 11, 1833 Abolition of salavery in the British empire Feb 11, 1837 Great Western is launched in Britain, the first steamship was built for ocean voyages Feb 11, 1868 Meji Restoration in japan; feudelism is abandoned and capitolism is embraced Feb 11, 1871 The german unification after the Franco-Prussion War leading to Germany's rise as and imperial power Feb 11, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge, New York, is opened Feb 11, 1898 USA wins Spanish-American War and takes control of Guam, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico and (for a time) Cuba Feb 11, 1899 Guglielmo Marconi invents wireless radio Feb 11, 1900 First Zeppelin airship is built Feb 11, 1904 Russo- Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia