Industrial Revolution By Markos MC 20 Period: Dec 30, 1720 to Dec 30, 1920 Industrial Revolution Dec 30, 1740 Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain Dec 30, 1767 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Apr 19, 1769 Richard Arkwirite invents the water frame May 1, 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spining muel May 1, 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery May 1, 1783 Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron May 1, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom May 1, 1788 First fleet arivs at bottany bay Aug 4, 1790 First textile factory build in USA May 1, 1829 George Stephenson developes a rocket, a working lovomotive May 1, 1830 Gas street lighting common in brittan May 1, 1838 Brunel's steamship The great western crosses the atlantic May 1, 1844 Samuel Morse sends first sucseful telegraph measage May 1, 1853 Us warship visits japan May 1, 1856 Bessemer process enales mass production of steal May 1, 1869 Suez canal opens May 1, 1871 Unifcation acceleates industrialisation of germany May 1, 1872 Overland telegraph connects australia to asia May 1, 1876 Alexzander Graham Bell invents the telephone May 1, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable light bulb May 1, 1889 Eiffel tower is completed in france May 1, 1903 Wright brother invents modern flight May 1, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian Industrialisation May 1, 1913 Henery Ford mass produces the modle t ford