Industial Revolution (Brad Smith) By brad.smith.09 Mar 19, 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine Mar 19, 1761 Britain’s first canal was opened Mar 19, 1771 The first cotton spinning factory was opened Mar 19, 1779 The first steam powered mill began operation Mar 19, 1782 1782 – Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine Mar 19, 1801 1801 – Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive Mar 19, 1811 1811 – The ‘Luddites’ began to destroy machines Mar 19, 1825 1825 – Britain’s first passenger steam railway was opened Mar 19, 1831 1831 – The first great cholera epidemic Mar 19, 1833 1833 – Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire Mar 19, 1834 1834 – Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph Mar 19, 1876 1876 – Telephone invented Mar 19, 1879 1879 – Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb Mar 19, 1880 1880 – Compulsory education for all children is introduced Mar 19, 1883 1883 – First skyscraper was built in Chicago Mar 19, 1885 1885 – Karl Benz invented the first automobile Mar 19, 1885 1888 – Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves Mar 19, 1889 1889 – Wireless radio invented Mar 19, 1903 1903 – Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight Mar 19, 1914 1914 – Outbreak of World War I
