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James Watt invents the steam engine
James watt invents the steam engine and kick starts the industrial revolution. -
American Revolution
The war of independence waged by the American colonies against Britain. -
The First Fleet
11 ships which left Great Britain on the 13th of may 1787 to found a penal colony that become the first European settlement in Australia. -
The French Revelution
French citizens raised and re designed their country's political landscape, uprooting centuries old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. -
Napoleonic Wars
The napoleonic wars were a series of conflicts fraught between France under the leadership of napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations between 1799 and 1815 -
Formation of the United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland mashed to become the United Kingdom -
Britain abolishes slavery in the British empire
A bill to abolish slavery throughout the British empire passed in the House of Commons followed by the House of Lords on the 1st of August. -
California gold rush
Gold is discovered in California. People form all over the country and flood into California followed by people all over the world, it started a settlement of the west. -
Invention of the telephone
Alexander graham bell successfully test the telephone with his assistant. It revolutionises communication due to its ease of use and it is more efficient to use than the telegram. -
The Boer War
A war in which Great Britain fought against the Transvaal and orange free state. -
Australia becoming a federation
The British parliament passed legislation allowing the sixth Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the common weath of Australia. -
First powered flight
The first time in history that a machine is made that powers it self for flying. Orville and wilbur wright successfully started a major revolution in flying technology that was to affect the way we move. -
Henry Ford
Henry ford invented the first automobile from the 1st of October 1908 to May 26, 1927. -
World War 1
World War I also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Russian Revolution
Two reveolution swept through Russia ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union.
