Industrial Revolution Timeline

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  • John Lombe's Factory was established

    One of the first factories built

  • Spinning Jenny was invented

  • The Vindication for the Rights of Women was published

  • Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

  • Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine

  • Samuel Bentham invents plywood

  • The Steam Engine Locomotive was invented

  • Hanaoka Seishu creates the first general anesthetic

  • Robert Fulton created the Steamboat

  • The first development of canned food was made by Nicolas Appert

  • Moritz Jacobi created the first electric motor

  • Samuel Morse invented the telegraph

  • Edmond Becquerel invents the first solar cell

  • John Lawes invents the first fertilizer

  • Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls was held

  • Crystal Palace was built

  • Alexander Parkes invented the first plastic

  • Slavery was abolished in the United States

  • Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb

  • Karl Benz invented the first automobile