1866 ⟶ Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Completed
Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier ...
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📧 Electric Telegraph Patented
Telegraphy patented.⟶
CommunicationSamuel MorseTelegraphIndustrial Revolution
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United Kingdom🏭 Bessemer Process Revolutionizes Steel Production
Bessemer process enables steel to be mass-produced.⟶
Industrial RevolutionSteelMetallurgyManufacturingMass ProductionEconomic Development
United KingdomUnited States🔌 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Completed
Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.⟶
CommunicationTelegraphGlobalizationInfrastructure
United KingdomUnited States📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established
First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.⟶
CommunicationInfrastructure
United States🔊 First Commercial Gramophone Record Released
First gramophone record.⟶
Sound RecordingCommunicationMusicEntertainmentIndustrial RevolutionMass Media
United StatesUnited Kingdom🚜 Harry Ferguson Patents the Three-Point Hitch
Harry Ferguson, patents the Three-point hitch equipment linkage system for tractors.⟶
AgricultureFarmingMechanical EngineeringIndustrial Revolution
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