The Events of The Industrial Revolution By maggiiiexo_ Feb 27, 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine Mar 5, 1761 Britain's First Canal Opened History Of Britain's Canals Mar 13, 1771 The first cotton spinning factory was opened Mar 13, 1779 The first steam powered mill began operation Mar 13, 1782 Matthew Boulton and James Watt patented the first rotary steam engine Mar 13, 1801 Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive Mar 13, 1811 The ‘Luddites’ began to destroy machines Mar 5, 1825 Britain’s first passenger steam railway was opened Britain's First Steam Powered Railway Opens Mar 13, 1831 The first great cholera epidemic Mar 13, 1833 Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire Mar 5, 1834 Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph First Photograph Mar 5, 1879 The First Ever Lightbulb http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity Mar 13, 1880 Compulsory education for all children is introduced Mar 5, 1883 First skyscraper was built in Chicago Mar 5, 1885 Karl Benz invented the first automobile History of Karl Benz Mar 13, 1888 Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves Mar 5, 1889 Wireless radio invented Mar 13, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight Mar 5, 1914 World War 1 Outbreak of World War 1 Feb 27, 1922 The First Ever Telephone
