Key Events Of The Industrial Revolution By nathaniel.watton.00 Mar 3, 1712 The first Steam Engine Mar 3, 1761 Britain's first canal http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_and_when_was_the_first_canal_built_in_Britain#slide=3&article=Where_and_when_was_the_first_canal_built_in_Britain Mar 6, 1771 The first Cotton Spinning Factory was oppend Mar 6, 1779 The first steam powered mill began operation Mar 6, 1782 Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwattsenginespread.htm Mar 10, 1801 The Demonstration of the first steam locomotive Mar 10, 1811 The Luddites began to destroy machines Mar 10, 1825 Britan's first passenger railway was opened Apr 11, 1831 The first great cholera epidemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak Sep 29, 1833 Slavery was abolished throughout British empire Mar 10, 1834 Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph Mar 10, 1876 Telephone was invented http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm Mar 10, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the ligtbulb Mar 10, 1880 Compulsory education for all children is introduced Jun 13, 1883 The first Skyscraper was built in Chicago Apr 13, 1885 Karl Benz invented the first automobile Mar 13, 1888 Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves Mar 13, 1889 Wireless radio invented Mar 13, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Orville_and_Wilbur_wright_invented_the_first_powered_what Oct 13, 1914 Outbreak of World War I http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/ww1-centenary/every-man-remembered
