Industrial Revolution By cmcnamara1998 Period: Dec 30, 1740 to Dec 30, 1920 Timeline Of The Industrial Revolution Apr 17, 1750 Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain Apr 17, 1767 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Apr 17, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Apr 17, 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule Apr 19, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Apr 19, 1783 HenryCort invent puddling to produce wrought iron Apr 19, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Apr 19, 1788 First feel arrives at Botany Bay Apr 19, 1790 First textile factory built in the USA Apr 19, 1829 George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive Apr 19, 1830 Gas street lighting common in Britain Apr 19, 1838 Brunels steamship The Great Western crosses the Atlantic Apr 19, 1844 Samule Morse sends first succsesful telegraph message. Apr 19, 1853 US warships visit Japan Apr 19, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Apr 19, 1869 Suez Canal opens Apr 19, 1871 Unification accelarates industrialisation og Germany Apr 19, 1872 Overland telegraph conects to Australai to Asia Apr 19, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Apr 19, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first light bulb Apr 19, 1889 Eiffel Tower completed in France Apr 19, 1903 Wright Brothers invent mordern flight Apr 19, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Rusian industrilisation Apr 19, 1913 Henry Ford mass producess a Model T ford