| Date | Event |
|---|
| 28 Nov 1660 | Royal Society Founded |
| 5 Jul 1687 | Newton’s Principia Published |
| 1757 | First canal in Britain is completed |
| 1 Jan 1781 | Ironbridge Opened |
| 1783 | Steam powered cotton mill invented by Sir Richard Arkwright |
| 1788 | First convict ships are sent to Australia |
| 26 Jul 1803 | The First Public Railway Opens |
| 1804 | Richard Trevithick builds the first steam locomotive |
| 25 Mar 1807 | World’s first passenger train service begins |
| 25 Jul 1814 | Stephenson demonstrates his first Steam Engine |
| 24 Aug 1833 | Factory Act |
| 19 Jul 1843 | SS Great Britain launched by Brunel |
| 23 Mar 1861 | First Trams operate in London |
| 10 Jan 1863 | The London Underground opens |
| 8 Dec 1864 | Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge |
| 10 Mar 1876 | Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st telephone call |
| 1877 | The first public electric lighting in London |
| 28 Dec 1879 | Collapse of the Tay Railway Bridge |
| 10 Mar 1883 | First electric trams begin running in London |
| 1 Jan 1894 | Manchester Ship Canal Opens |
| 12 Dec 1901 | Marconi sends 1st transatlantic wireless message |
| 17 Dec 1903 | The Wright Brothers take Flight |
| 6 Jun 1905 | Einstein Produces Theory of Relativity |
| 25 Jul 1909 | Louis Bleriot flies the Channel |
| 15 Jun 1919 | Alcock and Brown complete 1st non stop flight across the Atlantic |
| 26 Jan 1926 | John Logie Baird gives first demonstration of television |
| 12 Apr 1937 | Whittle tests the 1st Jet Engine |
| 1991 | Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web |
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