key events from the Industrial Revolution

By emily.smith.03

  • The Bank of England is Established

  • Abraham Darby develops a blast furnace capable of producing high-quality iron

  • Thomas Newcombe develops the first practical steam engine

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    The invention of new and larger spinning and weaving machines shifts the textile industry into factories

  • Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain

  • James Watt invents a steam engine capable of providing continuous power

  • Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule

  • - The United States of America is born when the American colonies win independence from Britain

  • Henry Cort’s ‘puddling’ process further improves the quality of iron products

  • The Boulton and Watt steam engine is first used in textiles factories

  • First British fleet arrives at Botany Bay (Sydney)

  • – The French Revolution begins

  • The first official population census is taken in Britain

  • – British found the new colony of Van Diemen’s land (Tasmania)

  • The first working steam locomotive train, known as Puffing Billy, is built

  • The first English public steam railway (from Stockton to Darlington) is opened

  • Railway building begins in France and Germany

  • Samuel Morse develops the single wire telegraph

  • Australia’s gold rush begins

  • Alexander Graham Bell patents the first telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb

  • Eiffel Tower completed in Paris, France

  • Wright brothers invent modern flight

  • Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford automobile