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Enclosures of farmling land accelerate in Britain
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James Hargreaves invents the machine known as the Spinning Jenny.
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Richard Arkwright invents the water frame.
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Samuel Crompton invents the spinning Mule.
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James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery.
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Henry Cort invents 'puddling' to produce wrought iron.
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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.
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The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, Australia.
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The first textile factory is built in the USA.
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George Stephenson develops a working locomotive known as the Rocket.
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Gas lighting is now common in Britain
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Brunel's steamship, known as The Great Western, crosses the Atlantic.
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The first successful telegraph message is sent by Samuel Morse.
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U.S warships vists Japan
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The Bessemer process enables people to mass-produce steel.
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The Suez Canal opens.
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Unification accelerates the industrialisation of Germany.
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An overland telegraph connects Australia to Asia.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
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Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric lightbulb
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The Eiffel Tower is completed in France.
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The Wright Brothers invent modern flight.
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The Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation.
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Henry Ford mass produces his Model T Ford.
