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James watt designs a more efficient steam engine
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American Declaration of independence announces the american colonies independence from great britain
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first fleet arrives in botany bay beginning britsh settlement in australia
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outbreak of the french revoloution as a consequencce of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagent lifestyles
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alessandro volta invents a battery to store electrical current the unit of electric potential volt is named after him
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Textile workers smash machinery in factoires and mills in the midlands and north of England
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Gorge stephenson builds the first passenger railway between liverpool and manchester
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publication of the charter in britain demanding political reform including the right for everyman to vote for every man from the age of 21
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Edward hargraves discovers cold near bathurst NSW trigering seveal gold rushes aroud Australia
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Convict transportation to Australia ceases with the last shipment of convictits disembarking is western australia.
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Federation of Australia - the six colonies of NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC and WA form one nation
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Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the fisrt controled, powered man carrying flight.
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Henry ford produces his first model T ford automobiel
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The worlds largest passenger steamship the titanic hits and iceberg in the north west atlantic ocean and sinks 1517 peop[le die
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world war 1 ends with the defeat of germany