 THE TREVITHICK SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY IN CORNWALL Established 1935 |
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A Timeline for Richard Trevithick |
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The World Trevithick Born in Station Road, Camborne, on April 13 1772 The Boston Tea Party 1773 1774 Start of the American War of Independence 1775 American Declaration of Independence 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus 1781 1782 The Montgolfier Brothers fly their first balloon 1783 1784 1785 Premier of Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' in Vienna 1786 Starts work at Dolcoath Mine American Constitution signed 1787 1788 The French Revolution begins; the Regency Act is signed
in Britain 1789 1790 Appointed engineer at Stray Park Mine 1791 New York Stock Exchange formed 1792 France declares war on Britain 1793 1794 1795 Jenner's first smallpox vaccination 1796 First high-pressure boiler built Income Tax introduced in Britain 1797 1798 His father dies; Richard marries Jane Harvey The Five Nations unite against France 1799 Volta invents the first electrical battery 1800 End of James Watt's patents 1801 Camborne road loco (the 'Puffing Devil') built, Holman engineering works founded 1802 London road carriage 1803 Steam dredging machine designed 1804 His railway locomotive runs from the Penydarrren
Iron Works to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal in Wales The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson 1805 The Coalbrookdale rail loco runs at the Wylam Colliery, Gateshead Gas is used to light a cotton mill 1806 Steam engine applied to a dredger The slave trade is officially abolished in the British Empire 1807 Appointed engine to the Thames Archway Company 1808 The 'Catch-me-who-can' engine runs in London 1809 Designs iron telescopic masts and yards for ships Argentina becomes independent 1810 Designs an iron-hulled steam ship 1811 War between Britain and the United States 1812 Designs a steam threshing machine 1813 Meets Don Francisco Uville 1814 The Battle of Waterloo 1815 1816 Takes steam engines to Peru 1817 1818 Spain cedes Florida to the United States 1819 Death of George III 1820 Mexico and Peru gain independence from Spain 1821 Brazil gains independence from Portugal 1822 In Nicaragua and Costa Rica 1823 William Austin Burt patents the typographer, the first typewriter 1824 The Stockton and Darlington railway line opens 1825 1826 1827 Arrives back in Britain The Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain 1828 George Stephenson's 'Rocket' wins the Rainhill Trials 1829 1830 Leaves Cornwall for London 1831 1832 1833 Dies in Dartford on April 22 |
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