Question: what are the dates of the most important events in the industrial revolution?
Answer: #1 1712 – First steam engine is invented. ... , #2 1757 – British victory in the Battle of Plassey. ... , #3 1764 – Invention of the Spinning Jenny. ... , #4 1771 – Richard Arkwright opens his first factory at Cromford. ... , #5 1789 – Samuel Slater leaves for America. ... , #6 1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.