industrial revolution By wparry Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Dec 31, 1914 snapshot 1750-1914 Apr 19, 1750 farming land expand enclosures of farmland accelerate in britain Apr 19, 1767 invention of spinning jemmy Apr 19, 1769 invention of water frame richard arkwright invents the water wheel Apr 19, 1779 invention of spinning mule Apr 19, 1781 invention of steam engine Apr 19, 1783 mass producing wrought iron Apr 19, 1785 power loom invented Apr 19, 1788 first fleet arrives in botany bay Apr 19, 1790 first textile factory Apr 19, 1829 first steam locomotive, the rocket Apr 19, 1830 gas lighting common in britain Apr 19, 1838 "The Great Western" crosses the atlantic Apr 19, 1843 US warships visit japan Apr 19, 1844 morse code telegraph sent Apr 19, 1856 bessemer process, mass produces steel Apr 19, 1871 unification acelerates industrialisation in germany Apr 19, 1872 overland telegraph connects australia and asia Apr 19, 1876 suez canal opens Apr 19, 1876 telephone invented Apr 19, 1879 first eletric light bulb invented Apr 19, 1889 eiffel tower completed Apr 19, 1903 wright brothers invent modern flight Apr 19, 1904 trans-siberian railway aids russian industrialization Apr 19, 1913 henry ford mass produced model T ford