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  Dates of January first do not have a specific recorded date, only the year that the invention was invented in.
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  Thomas Newcomen invents the firdst steam engine, though it is not that useful yet.
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  James Hargreaves, British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny, named after his daughter. It made it easier and faster to make cloth.
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  James Watt Improves the steam engine .They powered trains, steamboats, and factories.
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  Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. It reduced the time to sperate cotton seeds from cotton fiber.
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  Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. It allowed messages to be sent quickly over a wire. He later invented Morse Code.
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  Henry Bessener invents Bessemer Method for processing steel.
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  Alfred Nobel invents dynamite. It made it easier to blast holes in mountains to clear paths for construction. Also founded the Nobel Prize.
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  Thomas Edison created the first successful lightbulb.
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  Orville and Wilbur Wright invent first airplane not powered by wind.
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  Henry Ford creates the Model T