Jethro Tull invents the mechanical seed-drill

Newcomen engine is invented

Britain's first canal is built

James Watt develops the condensing steam engine

James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

New Lanark Mill is established

Britain begins to colonise Australia

Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin (United States)

Robert Owen takes over the New Lanark Mill

World's first railway line opens in Britain

Free settlers to Australia receive assistance for emigration

The Reform Act is passed in Britain

The Factory Act regulates the employment of children in textile mills

Friedrich Engels publishes The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844

Gold is discovered in Australia

Australia's first electric light company is established in Melbourne

Australia's states are joined in federation