Key events 1750-1910 By 122412 Feb 10, 1776 American declaration of independence Feb 10, 1785 Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom Feb 10, 1789 French declaration of the rights of man and citizen. French revolution Feb 10, 1791 Tom Paine’s the right of mean published French declaration of the rights of man and citizen. French revolution Feb 12, 1804 First steam locomotive is operating at penny Darren, wales Feb 12, 1833 Abolition of slavery in the British empire Feb 12, 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan; feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced Feb 12, 1871 German unification after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power Feb 12, 1899 Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio) Feb 12, 1905 Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia
