Peru

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