Modern History 1750-1918 By Sharni 1750 Enclosure of land increases in Britain Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Dec 31, 1918 Modern History 1757 British victory in the battle of plassey 1764 James Hargreaves invents the spinning Jenny 1764 Invention of spinning Jenny 1771 Richard Arkwright opens first factory Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence(USA) 1781 James Watt invents a steam engine to power machines in factories 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin 1796 Edward Jenner develops smallpox vaccine 1807 British government bans slave trade 1829 George Stephenson develops the Rocket steam locomotive 1833 Factory Act 1833 Slavery Abolition Act 1838 Brunel’s SS Great Western, the first transatlantic steamship 1848 The Communist Manifesto is published 1855 Bessemer process for extracting steel is discovered 1856 Henry Bessemer develops process to mass produce steel 1856 Eight Hours Movement 1872 Overland telegraph links Australia 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone 1885 Karl Benz produces the first automobile 1901 Ransom Eli olds introduces modern assembly line 1903 The Wright Brothers make first powered flight Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, shot dead by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo Jul 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I Aug 4, 1914 Britain declares war on Germany Aug 10, 1914 Austria-Hungary invades Russia Sep 5, 1914 Labor takes office Sep 5, 1914 First battle of Marne(beginning of trench warfare) Sep 11, 1914 September 11-17 Australian forces capture German New Guinea Sep 15, 1914 September 11-17 Australian forces capture German New Guinea Oct 29, 1914 Turkey joins war (Sides with Germany) Feb 18, 1915 Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain Apr 22, 1915 Chemical warfare begins Apr 25, 1915 Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire Apr 25, 1915 Australians land at ANZAC Cove Aug 6, 1915 Battle of Lone Pine Dec 19, 1915 Evacuation of Gallipoli Australian, New Zealand and British troops withdraw from Anzac May 31, 1916 Naval Battle of Jutland takes place between British and German fleets Jul 1, 1916 Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme. 1965 Invention of the Steam Engine Invention of Steam Engine 1965
