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James watt designs a more effcient steam endine
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American declaration of independence announces the American colonies' independence from Great Britain
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The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay, beginning british setlement in Australia
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Outbreak of the French revolution 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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Alsessandro Volt invents a battery to store electrical current; the unit of electric potential, volt, is named after him
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Machine wreckers (nicknamed Luddites) attack machinery in textile factories because they think it will take their jobs away from them.
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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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Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the first controlled, powered, man carrying flight.
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Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile.
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World war one ends with the defeat of Germany.
