Industrial Revolution Timeline! By lbotts 1762 Catherine the Great comes to power in Russia 1764 Scottish engineer James Watt improved the steam engine. 1764 Spinning jenny invented 1770 Cook claims Australia for Britain 1788 Futa Toro outlaws slave trade 1800 Owen begins social reforms at New Lanark 1804 Napoleon becomes emperor of France 1807 Fulton develop first successful steamboat, the Clermont 1814 Congress of Vienna meets to restore stability in Europe 1830 The world’s first major rail line began operating between the British industrial cities of Liverpool and Manchester. 1848 1848 Revolutions sweep Europe 1848 Marx and Engels publish the Communist Manifesto, to serve as the platform of the Communist League.
