Industrial,Economic,and scientific Revolutions Timeline

By Sean Lu
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus claims the universe is heliocentric

    Copernicus claims the universe is heliocentric

  • James Watt perfects the Steam Engine

    James Watt perfects the Steam Engine

  • James Hargreaves invents the spinning Jenny

    James Hargreaves invents the spinning Jenny

  • Robert Fulton invents the first steam boat

    Robert Fulton invents the first steam boat

  • Adam smith publishes wealth of nations

    Adam smith publishes wealth of nations

  • Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin

  • Factory Act of 1833 limits Work Hours for Women and children

    Factory Act of 1833 limits Work Hours for Women and children

  • opening of the Suez Canal

    opening of the Suez Canal

  • Karl Marx writes The communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx writes The communist Manifesto

  • marie curie receives nobel prize for her work with radioactivity to cure some diseases

    marie curie receives nobel prize for her work with radioactivity to cure some diseases

  • Albert Einstein publishes article on the Theory of Relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes article on the Theory of Relativity
    Einstein Proposes His Theory of Relativity (1905): In 1905, Albert Einstein was a 26-year-old young man working six days a week in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In between work and his family life (he had a wife and son), Einstein worked diligently on his scientific theories. Even with what seems like very little time, Einstein had his most productive and momentous year of revolutionary scientific theories that year. In 1905, Einstein wrote five articles and had them published in the prest