Preceden

Historical events between 1700-1920

Events

1700: Farming methods revolutionised by Jethro Tull’s horse-drawn seed drill

1700

1712: Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine

1712

1730: Rotherham triangular plough patented by Joseph Foljambe

1730

1771: First cotton spinning factory was built

1771

1788: Australia colonised by the British

1788

1799: End of the French revolution

1799

1801: Great Britain and Ireland merged to become the United Kingdom

1801

1820: Antarctica was discovered

1820

1829: Perth was founded

1829

1831: The Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) was first published.(18 April)

1831

1842: Copper was discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.

1842

1860: England’s population has doubled in the last 50 year = population explosion

1860

1861: American Civil War

1861

1876: Telephone invented

1876

1895: "Waltzing Matilda" was first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland

1895

South Australia granted women the right to vote in 1895; Western Australia, in 1899, and New South Wales in 1902.

1895 - 1902

1899: Wireless radio invented

1899

1903: Wright brothers make the first powered flight

1903

1912: Titanic sinks

1912

1914: (August 4) World War One begins

1914

1914: (June 28) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

1914

1915: Gallipoli landings

1915

1915: Surfing is first introduced to Australia

1915

1916: First conscription referendum in Australia

1916

1918: (November 11) Armistice signed and WWI effectively ends

1918

1919: (June 28) Peace treaty signed in Versailles – the war officially ends

1919