Timeline April 1833

Events in April 1833 1

• 1771 – 1833 Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) Died 22 April 1833, aged 62 Richard Trevithick was a British engineer and inventor who built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. His pioneering work with high-pressure steam engines laid groundwork later developed by other engineers into the railway age. He died in relative poverty despite his technical achievements.