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Europe's not a country, it's a whole continent.
While Britain was the first country in which industrialization occurred it is not part of continental Europe. It is debated as to who in continental Europe took part in the Industrial Revolution next, but the leading answer would likely be Germany; an economic powerhouse for quite some time.
Portugal & Greece. Italy has gone from a mainly-agricultural country, to a leading industrial economy.
England was the leading European industrial nation in the 1700s.
In 1840 there were very few 'major industrial nations' in Europe. * Britain was easily the leading industrial country. * Belgium, though small, was industrializing fast at the time. * France (Possible candidates in Central Europe in 1840 might have included Saxony and Bohemia, but they had only just started to industrialize).
Portugal & Greece. Italy has gone from a mainly-agricultural country, to a leading industrial economy.
Since the mid-1900s, italy has changed from mainly agricultral country into the leading industrial ecnomy.
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Russia is the leading producer of coal in Europe. However, the country wholly in Europe that is the leading producer of coal is Germany.