Curious History Photos of the First Modern Flushable Toilet
4 min readJul 24, 2020
Who invented the flush toilet in the Renaissance?
It was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington.
He installed one for his godmother, the Queen Elizabeth 1
Sir John Harrington,
Sir John Harington was born in 4 August 1560 and died 20 November 1612. He was an English courtier, author and translator, and the inventor of the flush toilet.
He was educated in Cambridge.
He was a godson of Queen Elizabeth I, but he had been banished from court for telling risk, and strange stories, and exiled to Kelston near Bath.
1st flush toilet
How was the toilet invented?
