While we all know that large-scale industrialization began in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution truly began in Germany with Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press.
Then came John.
First in Europe came Thomas Newcomen and James Watt and the steam engine.
It was in the eighteenth century, however, that manual labor started being replaced by what we today know as machines.
His innovation made it possible to mass-produce books, which spread literacy and knowledge all across Europe.
While we all know that large-scale industrialization began in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution truly began in Germany with Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press