Jordans Time Line

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    Timespan

  • Enclosures of Farming land accelerate in Britian

  • James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
  • Richard Arkwright invents the water frame

    Richard Arkwright invents the water frame
  • Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule

    Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule
  • James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery

    James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery
  • Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron

    Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron
  • Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom

    Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
  • The first fleet arrives at Botany Bay

    The first fleet arrives at Botany Bay
  • First textile factory built in the USA

    First textile factory built in the USA
  • George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive

    George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive
  • Gas street lighting common in Britian

    Gas street lighting common in Britian
  • Brunels steamship 'THE GREAT WESTERN' crosses the Atlantic

    Brunels steamship 'THE GREAT WESTERN' crosses the Atlantic
  • Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message

    Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message
  • US warships visit Japan

    US warships visit Japan
  • Bessemer process enables mass production of steel

    Bessemer process enables mass production of steel
  • Suez Canal opens

    Suez Canal opens
  • Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany

    Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany
  • Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia

    Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
  • Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb

    Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb
  • Eiffel Tower completed in France

    Eiffel Tower completed in France
  • Wright Brothers invent modern flight

    Wright Brothers invent modern flight
  • Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation

    Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian industrialisation
  • Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford

    Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford