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- Years -
< 500 | 500 - 1000 |
1000 - 1500 |1500 > |
| 521 CE |
Boëthius introduces Greek musical letter
notation to the West. |
| 535 |
Earliest Chinese roll paintings in
Tun-huang (landscapes). |
| 550 |
Aesop dies. |
| 610 |
Papermaking introduced
into Japan via Korea from China. |
| 640 |
Arabs find at Alexandria the famous library with
300,000 scrolls; the book copying industry destroyed in the following
year. |
| 650 |
Chinese begin to use lamp-black ink for
taking rubbings, which leads to introduction of wood blocks for
printing. |
| 700 |
Sizing introduced to give
paper strength and cut down "feathering" of ink. |
| c. 700 |
Easter eggs come into use among Christians. |
| 701 |
Li Po, the great Chinese poet, born. |
| 707 |
Paper from China
being used in Mecca. |
| 731 |
Mayan Golden Age begins. |
| 748 |
First printed newspaper appears in Peking. |
| 750 |
Papermaking reaches
Samarkand before 750, apparently revealed by Chinese prisoners of war. |
| c.750 |
Beds start to become popular in France and
Germany. |
| 751 |
Papermaking introduced in
the Islamic world. |
| 770 |
Earliest instance of text
printing upon paper, the million printed dh ran of the Empress Shotoku.
The paper was made from hemp and the blocks used in the printing may
have been of wood, metal, stone, or porcelain. While the work was
actually executed in Japan, it was accomplished under Chinese
influence and therefore this earliest of all text printing upon paper
should be regarded as almost purely of Chinese origin. |
| 778 |
Charlemagne defeated by the Basques at
Roncevalles in the Pyrenees. |
| 793 |
Papermaking reaches
Baghdad. Introduced by Harun-al-Rashid (766?-809), who acquired
skilled artisans from China for the purpose. |
| 800 |
Charlemagne named Holy Roman Emperor on
Christmas Day; Irish travelers reach Iceland. |
| 800 |
Paper used in Egypt. |
| 807 |
Paper made in Kyoto,
Japan. |
| 810 |
Persian scientist and mathematician
Muhammed ibn Musa al Chwarazmi writes a book on equations and coins
the term "algebra." |
| 834 |
Danes raid England. |
| 840 |
Danish settlers found Dublin and Limerick. |
| 850 |
Gampi (Wikstroemia
canescens) bark used for the first time in Japan as a papermaking
fiber. |
| 850 |
Groups of Jews settle in Germany and begins
to develop their own language: Yiddish. |
| 861 |
Norsemen reach Iceland. |
| 863 |
Cyril and Methodius start their work in
Moravia and invent a Slavic alphabet: the Cyrillic. |
| 868 |
Earliest printed book,
the Diamond Sutra, printed by Wang Chieh. The roll, the original form
of the true Chinese book, is sixteen feet in length. |
| 875 |
Toilet paper used
in China. |
| 895 |
Earliest known Hebrew manuscript of the Old
Testament. |
| 900 |
Paper made in Egypt,
using Chinese methods. |
| 950 |
Paper used in Spain;
papermaking reaches Damascus and Cairo. About this time, too, the
Chinese began to make use of the first folded books. |
| 950 |
Constantinus Cephalas collects the
"Palatine Anthology." |
| 969 |
Earliest recorded mention
of playing cards (China). |
| 972 |
Founding of Cairo University. |
| 1000 |
Leif Ericsson's voyage to Vinland (Nova
Scotia). |
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< 500 | 500 - 1000 |
1000 - 1500 |1500 >
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