Key events 1750-1910 By 164274 Feb 10, 1776 American Declaration of Independence Feb 10, 1785 Edmund Cartwright Patents a Power Loom Feb 10, 1789 French Revolution French Declaration of the rights of men and citizens (Which says nothing about slaves or women) Feb 10, 1791 Tom Paines The Rights of Men is Published May 23, 1804 First Steam locomotive is Operating at Pennydarron, Wales Sep 29, 1833 Abolition of slavery in the british empire Jan 13, 1868 Restoration in Japan Feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced May 25, 1871 German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power Feb 10, 1899 Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio) Feb 10, 1905 Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia
