when was the cotton gin created
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney (1765â1825). Whitney applied for a patent on October 28, 1793; the patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807.Whitney's patent was assigned patent number 72X.lthough simple handheld roller gins have been used in India and other countries since at least 500 AD, the first modern mechanical cotton gin was created by U.S.American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794.