Key events from 1750 to 1910 By 171107 Feb 10, 1715 american war of independance Period: Feb 17, 1750 to Feb 17, 1910 Key events from 1750 - 1910 Feb 10, 1776 american decloration of independance Feb 10, 1789 french declaction of the rights of man and citizen Feb 10, 1791 tom paine's the rights of man is published tom paine's the rights of man is published Feb 10, 1804 edmund cartwright parents a power loom Feb 17, 1804 First steam locomotive is operating at pennydarren, wales Feb 17, 1833 Brooklyn Bridge, New York, is opened Feb 17, 1868 Meji Restoration in Japan: feudlism is abandoned and capitalism embraced Feb 17, 1871 German unification after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany's rise as an imperial power Feb 17, 1899 Gulielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio) Feb 17, 1905 Russo-Japanese War: Japan defeats Russia