Industrial Revolution By bnolan Dec 30, 1750 Inclosures of farming lands accelerated in britian Period: Dec 30, 1750 to Dec 30, 1920 Timeline of the industrial Revolution Dec 30, 1767 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Dec 30, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Dec 30, 1776 Thomas Ederson invents the first reliable eectric light bulb Dec 20, 1779 Smuel Crompton invents the spinning mule Dec 30, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Dec 30, 1783 Henry Crot invents the puddling to produce wrought iron Dec 30, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Dec 20, 1788 first fleet arivesa at botany bay Dec 30, 1790 Frst textile factory built in the USA Dec 20, 1829 George Stephenson developed the rocket, a working locomotive Dec 30, 1829 Brunel's steamship "The Great Western" crossed the Atlantic Dec 30, 1830 Gas street lighting common Britian Dec 30, 1844 samual morse sends first successful telegraph message Dec 30, 1853 US warships visit Japan Dec 30, 1856 Messmer process enables mass productions of steel Apr 20, 1869 Suez canal opens Apr 20, 1872 Unification accelerates indusstrialisation of Germany. Dec 30, 1872 Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia Dec 30, 1876 Alexander Greham Ball invents the telephone Dec 30, 1889 Eiffel Tower completed in France Apr 20, 1903 Wright brothers invented modern flight Dec 30, 1904 Trans-Siberian railway accelerates Russian industrialisation Apr 20, 1913 Henry Ford mass produces the modle T ford