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780
Pound Sterling
King Offa 780
900
Whisky
Celts 900
1170
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar Gorge ~1170
1280
Guillotine
Halifax 1280
1300
Full Breakfast
Full British Breakfast 1300
1390
Lasagne
Forme of Cury 1390
1390
Cheesecake
Sambocade 1390
1497
British Empire
The British Empire 1497
1502
Golf
Edinburgh Scotland 1502
1526
English Bible
William Tyndale 1526
1541
Curling
Scotland 1541
1551
Theodolite
Leonard Digges 1551
1560
Pencil
Borrowdale 1560
1564
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare 1564
1586
Suffolk Punch
Suffolk 1586
1589
Stockings
William Lee 1589
1596
Toilet
Sir John Harrington 1596
1600
Obstetrical Forceps
Peter Chamberlen 1600
1620
Cowboy
England 1620
1630
Cambridge Cream
Trinity College ~1630
1630
Crème Brulee
Trinity College ~1630
1647
Billiards
Charles Cotton 1647
1647
Pool
Charles Cotton 1647
1662
Sparkling Wine
Christopher Merret 1662
1668
Reflecting Telescope
Sir Isaac Newton 1668
1680
Thoroughbred Horse
England 1680
1687
Gravity
Sir Isaac Newton 1687
1701
Modern Farming
Jethro Tull 1701
1708
Industrial Revolution
Abraham Darby 1708
1748
Refrigeration
William Cullen 1748
1753
Salicylic acid
Edward Stone 1753
1760
Shire Horse
Packington 1760
1762
Sandwich
John Montagu 1762
1766
Jigsaw Puzzle
John Spilsbury 1766
1767
Carbonated water
Joseph Priestley 1767
1769
Steam Engine
James Watt 1769
1770
Eraser
Edward Nairne 1770
1770
USA anthem
John Stafford Smith 1770
1770
Australia
Captain Cook 1770
1774
Oxygen
Joseph Priestley 1774
1780
Toothbrush
William Addis 1780
1780
Sunday School
Robert Raikes 1780
1780
Marmalade
James & Janet Keiller ~1780
1785
Life Boat
Lionel Lukin 1785
1787
Cricket
Marylebone Cricket Club 1787
1790
Sewing Machine
Thomas Saint 1790
1793
Patent Leather
Mr. Hand 1793
1794
Bearings
Philip Vaughan 1794
1795
Hydraulics
Joseph Bramah 1795
1796
Vaccination
Edward Jenner 1796
1797
Plywood
Samuel Bentham 1797
1799
Anaesthetic
Humphry Davy 1799
1802
Clouds
Luke Howard 1802
1804
Railway
Richard Trevithick 1804
1806
Colgate
William Colgate 1806
1808
Aluminium
Humphry Davy 1808
1809
Milk of Magnesia
Sir James Murray 1809
1810
Wellington Boot
Duke of Wellington 1810
1810
Can
Peter Durand 1810
1813
Fire Extinguisher
George William Manby 1813
1816
Telegraph
Francis Ronalds 1816
1816
Kaleidoscope
Sir David Brewster 1816
1818
Blood transfusion
James Blundell 1818
1820
Nature Reserve
Charles Waterton 1820
1822
Potato Crisp
William Kitchiner 1822
1824
Portland Cement
Joseph Aspdin 1824
1825
Computer
Charles Babbage 1825
1826
Match
John Walker 1826
1826
Safety Match
John Walker 1826
1826
Zoo
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1826
1829
Passenger Lift
Thomas Hornor 1829
1829
Police
Robert Peel 1829
1829
Elevator
Thomas Hornor 1829
1830
Lawn Mower
Edwin Beard Budding 1830
1831
Electric Generator
Michael Faraday 1831
1832
Saline Drip
Thomas Latta 1832
1832
Electric Motor
William Sturgeon 1832
1833
Slavery Abolition
William Wilberforce 1833
1835
Photography
Henry Fox Talbot 1835
1835
Refrigerator
Jacob Perkins 1835
1837
Procter Gamble
Procter & Gamble 1837
1837
Worcestershire Sauce
Lea & Perrins 1837
1837
Custard
Alfred Bird 1837
1840
Postage Stamp
Sir Rowland Hill 1840
1841
Chocolate Bar
Joseph Fry 1841
1842
Angus Cattle
Aberdeen Scotland 1842
1842
Adjustable Spanner
Richard Clyburn 1842
1842
Dinosaur
Sir Richard Owen 1842
1843
FAX
Alexander Bain 1843
1843
Baking Powder
Alfred Bird 1843
1843
Rubber
Thomas Hancock 1843
1843
Underwater Tunnel
Thames Tunnel 1843
1844
YMCA
George Williams 1844
1845
Rubber Band
Stephen Perry 1845
1847
Public Park
Joseph Paxton 1847
1848
Powered Flight
John Stringfellow 1848
1850
Petroleum
James Young 1850
1850
Modern Olympics
Dr William Penny Brookes 1850
1853
Hypodermic Syringe
Alexander Wood 1853
1854
Reinforced Concrete
William B. Wilkinson 1854
1855
Linoleum
Frederick Walton 1855
1856
Celluloid
Alexander Parkes 1856
1856
Plastic
Alexander Parkes 1856
1858
Fingerprints
Sir William James Herschel 1858
1859
Tennis
Major Thomas Harry Gem 1859
1859
Charles Darwin
Origin of Species 1859
1860
Hockey
Eton College 1860
1860
Fish and chips
Tommyfield 1860
1860
Christmas Cracker
Tom Smith 1860
1863
Underground Railway
London 1863
1863
Football
Ebenezer Morley 1863
1864
Stevenson Screen
Sir Thomas Stevenson 1864
1865
Salvation Army
William and Catherine Booth 1865
1865
Everest
Sir George Everest 1865
1867
Antiseptic
Joseph Lister 1867
1868
Paternoster
Peter Ellis - 1868
1870
Hydroelectric Power
William Armstrong 1870
1870
Bovril
John Johnston 1870
1871
Rugby
Rugby, Warwickshire 1871
1873
Horlicks
William & James Horlick 1873
1874
Winston Churchill
Blenheim 1874
1874
Heroin
Charles Romley Alder Wright 1874
1875
Snooker
Sir Neville Chamberlain 1875
1876
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell 1876
1878
Light Bulb
Joseph Wilson Swan 1878
1878
Microphone
David Edward Hughes 1878
1880
Vibrator
Joseph Mortimer Granville 1880
1880
Table Tennis
Victorians 1880
1884
Rounders
Ireland 1884
1884
Electric Car
Thomas Parker 1884
1884
Greenwich Meridian
Prime Meridian 1884
1885
Bicycle
John Kemp Starley 1885
1885
Lever Brothers
Lever Brothers 1885
1886
Crufts
Charles Cruft 1886
1887
Badminton
Badminton, Gloucestershire 1887
1888
Cinematography
Louis Le Prince - 1888
1888
Movies
Louis Le Prince - 1888
1888
Motion Picture
Louis Le Prince - 1888
1888
Ice Cream Cone
Agnes Marshall in 1888
1888
Pneumatic Tyre
John Boyd Dunlop 1888
1889
Charlie Chaplin
Walworth London England 1889
1890
Stan Laurel
Ulverston England 1890
1890
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh 1890
1890
Agatha Christie
Torquay England 1890
1891
Internal Combustion Engine
Hornsby-Akroyd 1891
1892
Pay Toilet
John Nevil Maskelyne 1892
1893
Electric Toaster
Colonel Crompton 1893
1895
National Trust
Hill, Rawnsley and Hunter 1895
1896
Radio
Marconi 1896
1898
Loudspeaker
Oliver Lodge 1898
1900
Darts
Darts 1900
1901
Vacuum cleaner
Hubert Cecil Booth 1901
1901
Meccano
Frank Hornby 1901
1902
Disc Brakes
Frederick Lanchester 1902
1902
Tarmac
Edgar Purnell Hooley 1902
1902
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 1902
1902
Marmite
Gilmour 1902
1903
Bob Hope
London England 1903
1904
Cary Grant
Bristol England 1904
1904
Thermionic Valve
John Ambrose Fleming 1904
1904
Vacuum Flask
James Dewar 1904
1904
Vacuum Tube
John Ambrose Fleming 1904
1905
Roundabout
Sollershott Circus 1905
1905
Vitamins
William Fletcher 1905
1907
Sinoatrial Node
Arthur Keith & Martin Flack 1907
1907
Ray Milland
Ray Milland 1907
1907
Scouts
Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1907
1907
Motor Racing Circuit
Hugh Locke King 1907
1912
Titanic
White Star Line 1912
1913
Stainless Steel
Harry Brearley 1913
1916
Pop Rivet
Hamilton Neil Wylie 1916
1916
Tank
Military Tank 1916
1917
Plastic Surgery
Harold Gillies - 1917
1919
Airport
Southampton 1919
1921
Air Traffic Control
Croydon Airport 1921
1921
Hose clamp
Lumley Robinson 1921
1923
Mayday
Frederick Stanley Mockford 1923
1923
Automatic watch
John Harwood 1923
1925
Richard Burton
Pontrhydyfen Wales 1925
1926
Television
John Logie Baird 1926
1928
Antibiotics
Alexander Fleming 1928
1930
Trouser Press
Peter Corby 1930
1930
Jet Engine
Sir Frank Whittle 1930
1931
Stereo
Alan Blumlein 1931
1932
Split the Atom
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 1932
1933
Mary Poppins
P. L. Travers 1933
1934
Cat Eyes
Percy Shaw - 1934
1935
Radar
Robert Watson-Watt 1935
1935
KitKat
Rowntree 1935
1937
Emergency Telephone Number
London 1937
1940
Silicone
Frederick Kipping 1940
1943
Electronic Computer
Tommy Flowers 1943
1943
Cilla Black
Liverpool England 1943
1943
Bouncing bomb
Barnes Wallis 1943
1946
Mensa
Roland Berrill, Lance Ware - 1946
1948
Olivia Newton John
Cambridge England 1948
1948
Paralympic Games
Sir Ludwig Guttmann 1948
1950
Cataract Surgery
Harold Ridley 1950
1950
Intraocular Lens
Harold Ridley 1950
1951
Miss World
Eric Morley 1951
1951
Pedestrian Crossing
George Charlesworth 1951
1952
James Bond
Sir Ian Fleming 1952
1952
Jet airliner
de Havilland Comet 1952
1952
Mousetrap
Agatha Christie 1952
1953
DNA
Crick Watson Franklin Wilkins 1953
1953
Float Glass
Alastair Pilkington 1953
1954
Four-minute Mile
Roger Bannister 1954
1954
Guinness Book of World Records
Hugh Beaver - 1954
1955
Atomic Clock
Louis Essen and Jack Parry 1955
1955
Automatic Kettle
Russell Hobbs 1955
1956
Hovercraft
Christopher Cockerell 1956
1956
Phototherapy
Richard Cremer 1956
1960
Harrier Jump Jet
Hawker Siddeley 1960
1961
Workmate
Ron Hickman 1961
1961
Beatles
Liverpool England 1961
1962
Marshall Amplification
Jim Marshall 1962
1962
TV Black and White Kiss
Granada TV 1962
1963
Lava Lamp
Edward Craven-Walker 1963
1963
Hip Replacement
Sir John Charnley 1963
1966
PIN
James Goodfellow 1966
1966
Safari Park
Longleat - 1966
1966
Jimi Hendrix Experience
London 1966
1967
ATM
John Shepherd-Barron 1967
1969
Monty Python
The Pythons 1969
1969
Concorde
Concorde 1969
1970
Lithium-ion Battery
Michael Stanley Whittingham 1970
1970
Chicken Tikka Masala
Ali Ahmed Aslam 1970
1970
Glastonbury Festival
Michael Eavis 1970
1972
Banoffi Pie
Nigel MacKenzie and Ian Dowding 1972
1972
LCD
George Gray 1972
1972
Digital Photography
Michael Tompsett 1972
1973
MRI Scan
Peter Mansfield 1973
1974
Banksy
Bristol 1974
1974
Speedfit
John Guest 1974
1975
CT Scan
Godfrey Hounsfield 1975
1977
IVF
Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy 1977
1979
Bungee Jumping
David Kirke 1979
1979
iPod
Kane Kramer 1979
1981
Stem Cells
Sir Martin Evans 1981
1982
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
James Dyson 1982
1983
Thriller
Rod Temperton 1983
1984
DNA Forensics
Alec Jeffreys 1984
1990
WorldWideWeb
Tim Berners-Lee 1990
1991
Viagra
Bell, Brown and Terrett 1991
1991
Webcam
Quentin Stafford-Fraser - 1991
1992
Short Message Service
Neil Papworth 1992
1992
SMS
Neil Papworth 1992
1996
Cloning
Dolly the Sheep 1996
1997
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling 1997
2002
Rotating Boat Lift
Falkirk Wheel 2002
2013
Grand Theft Auto
Dan and Sam Houser 2013
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