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| 1979 | 1st Channel Crossing Allen, Bryan |  |
| 12th June Pedals the flying "Gossamer Albatross" over the English Channel |
| 1853 | 1st Flight Cayley, George | |
| Makes the 1st flight in an aeroplane, a 5ft long model glider |
| 1908 | 1st Flight Codey, Samuel | |
| Makes the 1st powered flight in the UK |
| 1950 | 1st Glider Crossing Welche, Lorne | |
| 12th April 1st to make a glider crossing across the Channel |
| 1956 | 1st Nuclear Power Station Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 20th Aug Calder Hall 1stNuclear power is generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall |
| 1948 | 1st Sound Barrier Derry, John | |
| 15th Nov 1st to break the sound barrier |
| 1736 | Birth Watt, James | |
| 19th Jan Greenock Birth of James Watt |
| 1743 | Birth Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 24th April Nottingham Birth of Edmund Cartwright |
| 1813 | Birth Bessemer, Henry | |
| 19th Jan Hertfordshire Birth of Henry Bessemer |
| 1840 | Birth Dunlop, John Boyd | |
| 5th Feb Birth of John Boyd Dunlop |
| 1851 | Birth Lodge, Oliver | |
| 12th June Birth of Oliver Lodge |
| 1871 | Birth Booth, Hubert Cecil | |
| Birth of Hubert Cecil Booth |
| 1892 | Birth Watson-Watt, Robert | |
| 13th April Brechin Birth of Robert Watson-Watt |
| 1895 | Birth Mitchell, Reginald Joseph | |
| 20th May Birth of Reginal Joseph Mitchell |
| 1907 | Birth Whittle, Frank | |
| 1st June Coventry Birth of Frank Whittle |
| 1910 | Birth Cockerell, Christopher | |
| Birth of Christopher Cockerell |
| 1955 | Birth Berners-Lee, Tim | |
| 8th June London Birth of Tim Berners-Lee |
| 1956 | Calder Hall Elizabeth II | |
| 17th Oct Calder Hall Opens Calder HallNuclear power station |
| 1977 | Concorde Callaghan, James | |
| 21st Nov London The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain |
| 22nd Nov London Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on atrial basis |
| 1823 | Death Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 30th Oct Hastings Death of Edmund Cartwright |
| 1836 | Death McAdam, John Loudon | |
| 26th Nov Death of John Loudon McAdam |
| 1955 | Death Booth, Hubert Cecil | |
| Death of Hubert Cecil Booth |
| 1809 | Discovery of Flight Cayley, George | |
| Makes designs for a helicopter & engine powered flight |
| 1806 | Invention Beaufort Scale Beaufort, Francis | |
| London Develops a graduated scale for measuring wind speed |
| 1996 | Invention Cascading Style Sheets Berners-Lee, Tim | |
| Massachusetts Berners-Lee helps invent a standard entitled Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 1735 | Invention Chronometer Harrison, John | |
| London Invents the chronometer |
| 1812 | Invention Electric Battery Faraday, Michael | |
| Invents the electric battery |
| 1985 | Invention Electric Car Sinclair, Clive | |
| 10th Jan Demonstrates the C5 battey-driven electric car |
| 1821 | Invention Electric Motor Faraday, Michael | |
| Invents the electric motor |
| 1797 | Invention Engine Cartwright, Edmund | |
| Invents an engine that uses alcohol as fuel |
| 1733 | Invention Flying Shuttle Kay, John | |
| London Invents the flying shuttle, a mechanized form of weaving |
| 1818 | Invention Gearing Kennedy, John | |
| London Introduces high-velocity gearing to increase the speed of spinning machinery |
| 1955 | Invention Hovercraft Cockerell, Christopher | |
| Invents the Hovercraft |
| 1959 | Invention Hovercraft Cockerell, Christopher | |
| The Hovercraft 1st crosses the English Channel |
| 1968 | Invention Hovercraft Cockerell, Christopher | |
| A regular Hovercraft service between Dover & Calais is launched |
| 1828 | Invention Iron Furnace Neilson, James | |
| London Devises a furnace to improve the manufacture of iron |
| 1801 | Invention Locomotive Trevithick, James | |
| 24th Dec The locomotive takes its 1st outing on a British road |
| 1804 | Invention Locomotive Trevithick, Richard | |
| Pen y darren Invents the 1st steam locomotive & runs it at the Pen-y-darren iron works in Sth Wales |
| 1829 | Invention Locomotive Stephenson, George | |
| Rainhill Builds the Rocket which defeats is rivals in trials at Rainhill |
| 1830 | Invention Locomotive Stephenson, George | |
| Liverpool Completes the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the 1st steam passenger line |
| 1835 | Invention Locomotive Stephenson, George | |
| Builds Der Adler which is used by the Germans to pioneer railways in Europe |
| 1863 | Invention Locomotive Fairlie, Robert | |
| Pataents a locomotive with pivoting driving bogies to take tight curves |
| 1815 | Invention Miner's Lamp Davy, Humphrey | |
| London Invents the Miner's Safety Lamp |
| 1786 | Invention Musket Nock, Henry | |
| London Invents the breech-loading musket |
| 1932 | Invention Neoprene Carothers, Wallace Hume | |
| Invents Neoprene, a rubber like substance |
| 1769 | Invention Power Loom Cartwright, Edmund | |
| His wool-combing machine does the work of 20 persons in preparing sheep's wool |
| 1785 | Invention Power Loom Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 4th April London Patents his invention, the Power Loom |
| 1787 | Invention Power Loom Cartwright, Edmund | |
| Develops a water-powered loom good enough for Cartwright to build his own factory |
| 1935 | Invention Radar Watson-Watt, Robert | |
| London Proposes to a committee of Imperial Defense that detection by radio should be tested |
| 1896 | Invention Radio Marconi, Guglielmo | |
| 2nd June Files a patent for "Improvements in Transmitting Impulses" |
| 1792 | Invention Rope Making Cartwright, Edmund | |
| Invents a rope making machine |
| 1764 | Invention Spinning Jenny Hargreaves, James | |
| London Invents the spinning jenny |
| 1769 | Invention Spinning Mill Arkwright, Richard | |
| London Invents the spinning mill, a water powered spinning machine |
| 1779 | Invention Spinning Mule Crompton, Samuel | |
| London Invents the spinning mule, a combination of the ideas of Cartwright & Hargreaves |
| 1712 | Invention Steam Engine Newcomen, Thomas | |
| London Invents the steam engine |
| 1765 | Invention Steam Engine Watt, James | |
| Invents a condensing steam engine |
| 1785 | Invention Steam Engine Watt, James | |
| Papplewich 1st Boulton & Watt steam engines are used for spinning at a factory in Nottinghamshire |
| 1826 | Invention Stove Sharp, James | |
| Northampton Invents the 1st commercially available gas stove |
| 1815 | Invention Tarmac McAdam, John Loudon | |
| McAdam's method for "macadamizing" roads is adopted in England |
| 1826 | Invention Tea Packaging Hornimann, John | |
| Invents a method for sealing tea in lead-lined packages |
| 1878 | Invention Telephone Victoria | |
| 13th Jan Watches a demonstration of the telephone |
| 1926 | Invention Television Baird, John Logie | |
| 27th Jan Demonstrates the television to members of the Royal Society |
| 1904 | Invention Thermionic Valve Fleming, John Ambrose | |
| London Invents the Thermionic Valve |
| 1786 | Invention Threshing Meikle, Andrew | |
| London Invents the first successful threshing machine |
| 1825 | Invention Train Stephenson, George | |
| 27th Sep Stockton Builds the 1st public railway to carry steam trains which opens, Stockton-Darlington |
| 1714 | Invention Typewriter Mill, Henry | |
| 7th Jan Patents the 1st typewriter |
| 1901 | Invention Vacuum Cleaner Booth, Hubert Cecil | |
| Invents the vacuum cleaner |
| 1991 | Invention World Wide Web Berners-Lee, Tim | |
| 6th Aug Builds the 1st web site http://info.cern.ch which goes live |
| 1994 | Invention World Wide Web Berners-Lee, Tim | |
| Berners-Lee founds the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |
| 1966 | Minister of Technology Benn, Anthony Wedgewood | |
| July Appointed Minister of Technology |
| 1782 | Patent Watt, James | |
| James watt patents a double-acting rotary steam engine |
| 1785 | Patent Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 4th April London Patents his invention, the Power Loom |
| 1824 | Patent Aspdin, Joseph | |
| Leeds Patents a cement which is impervious to water |
| 1845 | Patent Thomson, Robert | |
| 10th Dec Patents the pneumatic tyre |
| 1885 | Patent Macintosh, Charles | |
| Patents a waterproof fabric of rubber bonded cloth |
| 1896 | Patent Marconi, Guglielmo | |
| 2nd June Files a patent for "Improvements in Transmitting Impulses" |
| 1955 | Patent Cockerell, Christopher | |
| 12th Dec Patents the Hovercraft |
| 1977 | Skytrain Laker, Freddie | |
| 26th Sep London Sir Freddie Laker begins his cut-rate "Skytrain" service from London to NY |
| 1994 | W3C Berners-Lee, Tim | |
| Massachusetts Berners-Lee founds the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |
