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George III becomes king of Great Britain
King George III became the King of Great Britain and ireland and started his reign on 25th of October 1760 to 1801 when he became King of United of Great Britain and Ireland and then ruled until his death in 1820 -
Boston tea party
Victory in the French and Indian War was costly for the British. At the war'sconclusion in 1763, King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to reestablish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. Royal ineptitude compounded the problem. A series of actions including the Stamp Act in 1765, the Townsend Acts in 1767an -
James Watts designs a more efficient steam engine
James Watts ( 19th january 1736 - 25th august 1819) invents a more efficient steam engine that can be used for transport and commerical use. The invention of his steam engine was a power source. -
American Declartion of independance
The American declaration of independance annouces the american colonies independance from Great Brittain -
First Fleet arrives in Australia
The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay, beginning the British settlement in Australia -
Storming of the Bastille Prison
Citizens of Paris, headed by the national guards, storm the Bastille prison on the 14 july, 1789. This event has come to represent the start of the french revoloution. -
French revolution
Outbreak of the French revoloution as a consequence of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles. -
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French Revouloution
Outbreak of the French revoloution as a consequence of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles. -
Alessandro Volta invents battery
Alessandro Volt invents a battery to store electrical current. the unit of electrical peoteniall, volt is named after him -
Industrial Reveloution
The industrial reveloution was a transition of new manufacturing process between 1760 to somewhere between 1820-1840 this saw major changes in agriculture, manufacturing mining, transportation and technology. -
Henry Ford
The Model T set 1908 as the historic year that the automobile became popular. The first production Model T was produced on August 12, 1908 and it left the factory on September 27, 1908, at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan. -
Textile workers smash machinery
Textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of England -
George Stephenson invents first railway
George Stephenson invents first Passenger railway between liverpool and Manchester -
People's Charter
Chartism was a victorian working class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838-1848. The people's charter called for six basic reforms to make the political system more democratic. They were
1.A vote for every man over the age of 21
2.A secret ballot;
3.No property qualification for members of Parliament;
4.Payment for MPs (so poor men could serve);
5.Constituencies of equal size;
6.Annual elections for Parliament -
Gold Rush Bathust, New South Wales
Edward Hargraves dicovers gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Australia -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a thunder storm to prove that lightening is electricity. -
Abraham Licoln frees slaves
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved persons living in states under the control of the Confederacy. -
Convict transportation
Convict transportation to Australia ceases with the last shipment of convicts disembarking in Western Australia -
Federation of Australia
Federation of Australia. The six colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia form one nation -
First flight
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the first controlled, powered, man carrying flight -
Titanic Sinks
The worlds then largest passenger ship hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean on it's maiden voyage from Southampton to new York City -
1918 World War 1 ends
World War 1 ends with the defeat of Germany
