Industrial Revolution By priscillakolanowski Dec 1, 1750 Enclosures of farming land accelerate in britain Dec 2, 1767 James hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. Dec 3, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Dec 4, 1779 Samual Crompton invents the spinning mule Dec 5, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery Dec 6, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron Dec 7, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Dec 8, 1788 First Fleet arrives at botany bay Dec 9, 1790 First texttile factory built in the USA Dec 10, 1829 George Stephenson developes the rocket, a working locomotive Dec 11, 1830 Gas Street lighting common in britian Dec 12, 1838 Brunel's steamship The Great Western crosses the Atlentic Dec 13, 1844 Samual Morse sends first successful telegraph message Dec 14, 1853 US warships visit japan Dec 15, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Dec 16, 1869 Suez Canal opens Dec 17, 1871 Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany Dec 18, 1872 Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia Dec 19, 1876 Alexander Grahem Bell invents the telephone Dec 20, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electriclight bulb Dec 21, 1889 Eiffal tower completed in france Dec 22, 1903 Wright brothers invented modern flight Dec 23, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation Dec 24, 1913 Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford