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Mar 29, 1492
Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines - with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight
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Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - an human oared submersible
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Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system
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Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage
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First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot
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First practical steamboat demonstrated by Marquis Claude Francois de Jouffroy d'Abbans - a paddle wheel steamboat
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The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons
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Steamboat invented
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Modern bicycles invented
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Richard Trevithick invented the first steam powered locomotive (designed for roads)
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First steamboat with regular passenger service - inventor Robert Fulton's Clermont
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Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle - first with internal combustion power - however, very unsuccessful design
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George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive
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Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile
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First motorcycle invented