360What happened in 1807?
4 moments from 1807 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 17 August 1807
Robert Fulton's steamboat opens a new era of travel
On 17 August 1807, Robert Fulton's steamboat, later known as the Clermont, set off up the Hudson River from New York to Albany. It covered about 240 km in 32 hours, far faster than sailing boats against the current. It became the first commercially successful steamboat service, and steam soon transformed river and ocean travel.
- On this day · 25 March 1807
The first fare-paying railway passengers
On 25 March 1807, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Wales began carrying fare-paying passengers in a horse-drawn carriage on rails. It was the first passenger railway service in the world. The line later used steam and electric trains and ran until 1960.
- 17 August 1807 · from Robert Fulton's steamboat opens a new era of travel
The Clermont sails to Albany
- 1807 · from The 1800s: the first battery and the first steam locomotive
Britain abolishes the slave trade; Fulton's steamboat