The Industrial Revolution By cafysh Period: Jan 1, 1740 to Dec 31, 1920 the industrial revolution Jan 1, 1750 Encloseure of farming land accelerate Britain Apr 17, 1767 Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Apr 17, 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water frame Apr 17, 1779 Samuel Cromptom invents the spinning mule Apr 17, 1781 James Watts invents a steam engine to drive machinery Apr 17, 1783 Henery Cort invents puddling to produce wrounght iron Apr 17, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Apr 17, 1788 First fleet arives at Botany Bay Apr 17, 1790 First textile factory built in the USA Apr 17, 1829 George Stephenson devellops the rocket, a working locomotive Apr 17, 1830 Gas street lighting comon in britain Apr 17, 1838 Brunel's steamship. Apr 19, 1844 Samuel Morse sents first successful telegraph message Apr 17, 1853 US Warships vitit Japan Apr 19, 1856 Bessemer process enables mass production of steel Apr 19, 1869 Suez Canal opens Apr 19, 1871 Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany Apr 19, 1872 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Apr 19, 1876 Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia Apr 19, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb Apr 19, 1889 Eiffel tower completed in France Apr 19, 1903 Wright Brothers invent modern flight Apr 19, 1904 Trans-Siberian Railway accelerates Russian Industrialisation Apr 19, 1913 Henery Ford mass produces the Model T Ford