
1868 - Aft 1911 (43 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1705 | - 1705—1705: First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710
or 1711)
- 1705—1705: Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
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| 2 | 1706 | - 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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