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Rise of slavery
rise of slavery Historians normally date the start of slavery in the North American colonies to 1619. That year, a Dutch ship carrying African slaves docked at Point Comfort, which served as Jamestown's checkpoint for ships wanting to trade with the colonists. -
Electricity
Benjamin Franklin, Electricity was invented or rather discovered through an experiment by Benjamin Franklin -
Steam engines
Steam engines were the first engine type to see widespread use. They were first invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1705, and James Watt made big improvements to steam engines in 1769. -
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Industrial revolution
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. -
founding of Sydne
A few days after arrival at Botany Bay the fleet moved to the more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788 -
Cotten Gin
cotton gin The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in1793 by Eli Whitney -
refrigeration
American inventor Oliver Evans described a closed vapor-compression refrigeration cycle for the production of ice by ether under vacuum. -
outlawing of slavering
In July 1833, a Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on 1st August. -
photography
photographs One of the oldest photographic portraits known, made by Joseph Draper of New York, in 1839 or 1840, of his sister, Dorothy Catherine Draper. -
the panama canal
The idea of making a passageway across Panama dates back to 1534, when Spain considered the possibility of building a canal. In 1850 the Colombian government (Panama was part of Colombia until 1903) gave the French, who were interested in a passageway to the Pacific Ocean, permission to create a canal. -
the suez canal
the Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction, it allows ships to travel between Europe and eastern Asia without navigating around Africa. -
Automobile
Karl Benz, the inventor of numerous car-related technologies, received a German patent in 1886. The four-stroke petrol (gasoline) internal combustion engine that constitutes the most prevalent form of modern automotive propulsion is a creation of Nikolaus Otto. -
Australian Federation
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales,Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia formed one nation. -
Aeroplane
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. -
Europeans control 84% of the globe
US declares independence 1776 The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. -
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WW1
World War I also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe, From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II, it was called simply the World War or the Great War, and thereafter the First World War or World War I -
abolition of slavery
The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries, and sometimes occurred sequentially in more than one stage: for example, as abolition of the trade in slaves in a specific country, and then as abolition of slavery throughout empires.