History of science 1700 – 1799

Cook Discovers Australia 1770
American Declaration of Independence 1776
French revolution 1789
Edward Jenner introduces smallpox vaccinations
Linnaeus classifies 4400
Animals and nearly 8000 plants
Lavoisier produces table of 31 chemical elements
Euler works out mathematics of refraction of light
Benjamin Franklin performs his kite experiment, proving that lightning is electricity
Herschel discovers Uranus

Steam engine c. 1712
Iron smelting c. 1750
Spinning Jenny c. 1764
Power Loom c. 1785