Key events 1750- 1910 By 148757 Feb 13, 1775 American War of Independence Feb 13, 1776 American Delclaration of Independents Feb 13, 1785 Edmund Cartwright patents apower loom Feb 13, 1789 French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Feb 13, 1791 The Rights of Man is Published Tom Paine Feb 13, 1804 The first steam train is operating at Pennydarren wales Feb 13, 1811 Luddite riots destroy Machines in Factories Feb 13, 1830 Chartism a working-class movment for male voting and other rights Feb 13, 1830 George Stephenson begins a ralil service from London to Liverpool Feb 13, 1833 Abolition of slavery in the British Empire Feb 13, 1837 Great western is launched in Britiain , first steamship built for ocean voyages Feb 13, 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan Feudalism is Abandoned and capitalism embraced Feb 13, 1871 German unification after the Franco-Prussian War leading to the Germanys rise as an imperial power Feb 13, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge New York is Opened Feb 13, 1898 USA wins Spanish American war and takes control of Guam the Philippines, Puerto Rico and for a time Cuba Feb 13, 1899 Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless radio Feb 13, 1900 The first Zeppelin airship is built Feb 13, 1904 Russo Japanese War Japan defeats Russia
