The American Revolution was the first wave of the Atlantic Revolutions: the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of independence. Aftershocks reached Ireland in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in the PolishâLithuanian Commonwealth, and in the Netherlands.
A reconstruction of Homo erectus, the earliest human species that is known to have controlled fire (reconstruction shown in WestfÃ¤lisches Landesmuseum, Herne, Germany, in a 2006 exhibition)
Introduction. It may surprise you to learn that the internal combustion (IC) engine used today took hundreds of years to develop. The first internal combustion engine was invented in 1680, but IC engines were not used to power automobiles until the late 1800s. The earliest engines used such fuels as kerosene.The first effective engine to use gasoline was not developed until 1859.In 1886, the first prototype on which modern engines are based finally appeared. America's first manufacturers of gasoline-powered commercial cars were Charles and Frank Duryea.ntroduction. It may surprise you to learn that the internal combustion (IC) engine used today took hundreds of years to develop. The first internal combustion engine was invented in 1680, but IC engines were not used to power automobiles until the late 1800s. The earliest engines used such fuels as kerosene.