The Industrial revoloution

By C_Durick

  • Steam engine invented

    The steam engine was an important invention as it was more efficeint compared to the way they used to run trains with coal.

  • Spinning Jenny was invented

    This invention allowed one worker to spin eight spindles. as people had to make clothes by hand this was a useful invention and without we would not have the sewing machine.

  • 10 million tons of coal mined

    This event occurred just after coal mining was invented. This could be both a good or bad event. Good because it was a huge impact to the economy in Great Britain and bad because of the environmental impacts

  • Candle stick telephone invented

    This was the first model of the telephone, after Bell's experimental telephone. This was the first in a long line of models that have lead to mobile phones.

  • Rotary dial telephone invented

    The rotary telephone was the first of many telephones to use a dialing system. This was important as it made the telephone more efficient.

  • Minimum work age is 12 years old

    This Factory Act raised the minimum work age to 12 years old. This was important as it enabled kids to have a life and not have to work when they should be focusing on school work.

  • Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie assassinated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • Germany declares war on Russia.

  • Germany declares war on France

  • The United Kingdom declares war on Germany

    The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany.

  • The Battle of Tannenberg begins.

  • Battle of Ypres begins.

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain

    essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.

  • The Second Battle of Ypres begins.

    It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas

  • The Battle of Gallipoli begins.

  • The Battle of Verdun begins.

    The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest

  • April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany.

  • School compulsory for ages 14 up

    Education Act made school compulsory for children up to age 14.

  • Red Baron shot down

    German flying ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.

  • The battle ends

    Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (i.e. 11 a.m. on November 11).

  • Third of all U.S houses had telephones

    This statistic provides evidence that the telephone was in great need and everyone was eager to have one.

  • Microwave radio links invented

    Microwave radio links made mobile phones a possibility. They made the telephone easier to use and made reception faster.

  • Transatlantic cables laid

    Transatlantic cables enabled people to communicate from country to country more efficiently.

  • Wall telephone invented

    This was one of the first telephones with keys instead of a dial. This impacted society by being more efficeint to use in everyday life.