Industrial revolution

Key Events of the Industrial Revolution

By courtney-anne.jon.00@tased.edu.au

  • Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine

  • Britain’s first canal was opened

    Britain’s first canal was opened

  • The first cotton spinning factory was opened

    The Cotton Industry

  • The first steam powered mill began operation

    The first steam powered mill began operation

  • Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine

    Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine

  • Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive

    Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive

  • When Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land) was established as a British Colony

    When Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land) was established as a British Colony

  • The ‘Luddites’ began to destroy machines

    The ‘Luddites’ began to destroy machines

  • Britain’s first passenger steam railway was opened

    Britain’s first passenger steam railway was opened

  • The first great cholera epidemic

  • Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire

    Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire

  • Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph

    Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph

  • When Charles Dickens wrote 'Oliver Twist'

    When Charles Dickens wrote 'Oliver Twist'

  • When Sheffield was discovered

    When Sheffield was established

  • Telephone invented

  • Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb

    Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb

  • Compulsory education for all children is introduced

  • Federation of Australia

    Federation of Australia

  • First skyscraper was built in Chicago

    First skyscraper was built in Chicago

  • Karl Benz invented the first automobile

    Karl Benz invented the first automobile

  • Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves

  • Wireless radio invented

  • When the Eiffel Tower was finished

    When the Eiffel Tower was finished
    When the Eiffel Tower was finished

  • Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight

    Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight

  • Outbreak of World War I

    Outbreak of World War I