Henry Cort developed the puddling process for manufacturing iron.
Edmund Cartwright developed the power loom for weaving.Engines produced by Matthew Boulton and James Watt were first used to power spinning machines in cotton factories. William Withering's Account of the Foxglove and some of its medicinal uses was published.Anna Seward's poem Colebrookdale was published.
James Watt developed the centrifugal governor.
Josiah Wedgwood helped to form the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and he produced his medallion Am I a Slave and a Brother for the campaign.
John Whitehurst died.
Thomas Day died in Surrey
Priestley Riots. Destruction of the homes of Priestley, Baskerville and the homes of Withering, Hutton, the Taylors and others. Joseph Priestley left Birmingham.Rebuilding of Jewish synagogue in Hurst Street, Birmingham.Catholic chapels and schools were legalised. Opening of the world's first Irvingite or Swedenborgian chapel in Birmingham.
