Key Events 1750- 1910

By Briana van Zijl

  • American Declaration of Independence

    American Declaration of Independence

  • Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom

    Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom

  • French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which says nothing about slaves or women)French Revolution

    French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which says nothing about slaves or women)French Revolution

  • First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales

    First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales

  • Chartism, a working-class movement for male voting and other rights

    Chartism, a working-class movement for male voting and other rights

  • Meiji (‘enlightened rule’) Restoration in Japan; feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced

    Meiji (‘enlightened rule’) Restoration in Japan; feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced

  • German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power

    German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power

  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

  • Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia

    Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia