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James watt designs a more efficient steam engine.
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American declaration of independance announces the American colonies independence from Great Britain.
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The first fleet arrives in botany bay, beginning british settlement in Australia.
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Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electric current, the unit of electric potential, volt, is named after him.
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Textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of England.
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George Stephenson builds the first passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester.
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Publication of the people's charter in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 21.
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Edward Hargraves discovers gold near Bathurst, New south Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Australia.
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Convict transportataion to Australia ceases with the last shipment of convicts disembarking in Western Australia
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Henry Ford produces his first Ford model T automobile.
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World war ends with the defeat of Germany.