Industrial revolution By 4 boiz Jan 1, 1764 James Hargreaves invents the steam engine. 1769 The steam engine is greatly improved 1800 The first conventional battery was invented 1807 Slave trading is banned in the EU 1809 Humphry Davy invents the first electric lamp 1814 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph 1814 George Stefanson designs the first steam locomotive 1825 The typewriter was invented 1835 Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller 1839 Krikpatrick Macmillan invents the bicycle 1861 The American civil war 1866 Alfred Noble invents dynamite 1885 The first motorcycle was invented 1886 The first automobile was invented