Chronology of Clothing and Textiles Technology
| 1733 | John Kay patents the flying shuttle loom. |
| 1764 | James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. |
| 1794 | Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin. |
| 1801 | Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents the Jacquard punched card loom. |
| 1856 | William Perkin invents the first synthetic dye. |