Timeline: A brief timeline of the Modern World (1750-1918)

Jan 1, 1760

Industrial Revolution Begins

(approx.)

Jan 1, 1764

When the Spinning jenny was invented

by James Hargreaves

Jan 1, 1781

First reliable steam engine is invented

Made by James Watt

Jan 18, 1788

First fleet arrives in Australia

Between 1788 and 1850 the English sent over 162,000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships.
These convicts had been sent to Australia as the jails in Britain were getting way too over crowded, and there was no other place for the criminals to go. The way to overcome these problems was to set up a new penal colony in the land discovered by James Cook. The convicts would be transported, never to return to Britain.
Very few convicts new how to farm, and the soil around Sydney cove was poor.

Jan 1, 1792

English slave ship trips

204 ships leave from England to carry slaves from Africa to the Americas - the busiest slave trading year for Britain.

Jun 2, 1802

Pemulwuy is killed

Pemulwuy was an Aboriginal man in the area of Botany Bay in New South Wales. He is known for his fight against the European settlement in Australia which began in 1788.

Aug 30, 1803

Melbourne founded

Jan 1, 1808

Slave trade is abolished in UK

Jun 10, 1838

Myall Creek Massacre

Jul 4, 1857

Buckland river riot

Jan 1, 1901

Federation of Australia

Dec 23, 1901

Immigration Restriction act passed

Limiting Immigration into Australia. (White Australia Policy)

Jan 1, 1902

Women gains right to vote

In Australia they got to vote in Commonwealth Elections

Nov 8, 1907

The Harvester Judgement

Jun 28, 1914

Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria was an Archduke of Austria-Este and Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.