Key Events 1750 - 1910

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  • 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 - (French Revolution)

    French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - (French Revolution)

  • Tom Paine’s - 'The Rights of Man' is published

    Tom Paine’s - 'The Rights of Man' is published

  • First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales

    First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales

  • Abolition of slavery in the British Empire

    Abolition of slavery in the British Empire

  • 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

  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

  • Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia

    Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia