600 - 1500 Extensive slave trade from subSaharan Africa to Mediterranean |
950 - 1250 Medieval Warm Period |
| 1023 First paper money printed in China. |
| 1045 Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China |
1010 - 50 Oort Minimun of Solar Activity. |
| 1050 Crossbow invented in France. |
| 1075 - 1220 Mapungubwe Kingdom |
1000 - 1500 500 Consolidation of states |
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| 1118 Report of nakedeye sunspot by Chinese |
| 1128 First sketch of sunspot sighted in England |
| 1138 Report of nakedeye sunspot by Chinese |
| 1154 The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built. It reached 188 feet high. A cathedral was built nearby. |
| 1157 The Bank of Venice was established. |
| 1182 Magnetic compass invented. |
| 1185 First sighting of solar prominence by Russians |
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| 1200 Clothing buttons invented. |
| 1202 The HinduArabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician, Fibonacci. |
| 1220 The Westminster Abbey was built. |
| 1249 Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula. |
| 1250 Gun invented in China. |
| 1268 - 89 21 Invention of eyeglasses. |
| 1280 Mechanical clocks invented. |
| Roger Bacon invented spectacles, glass mirrors and magnifying glasses. |
1280 - 1350 70 Wolf minimum of solar activity |
| 1285 - 90 5 Windmills invented. |
| 1290 Wolf Sunspot minimum and vanishing of aurora |
| 1295 Modern glassmaking begins in Italy. |
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| 1300 Chimneys and window glass began to be introduced in London. |
| 1308 Cannons were used at Gibraltar. |
| 1320 M. Schwarts invented gunpowder. |
| 1326 First mention of a handgun. |
| 1348 The oldest clock known was put up in this year. It is now in Dover Castle. |
1350 - 1850 500 Little Age Age
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| 1366 Scales for weighing invented. |
| 1381 Report of nakedeye sunspot by Chinese |
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1400 First golf balls invented.
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The first piano called the Spinet invented. |
| Air guns and muskets invented. |
| 1420 Oil painting invented. |
| The first saw mill began to operate. Initially they were violently opposed to it in England. |
| 1421 In Florence, hoisting gear invented. |
| 1436 Report of nakedeye sunspot by Chinese |
| 1440 Sporer Sunspot Minimum |
| 1448 Gutenberg invented the printing press. |
| 1455 Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type. |
1460 - 1550 90 Sporer Minimum of solar activity |
| 1465 In Germany, drypoint engravings invented. |
| 1475 Muzzleloaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany. |
| 1477 Printing was introduced in England. |
| The first watch was introduced in Nuremberg. |
| 1485 Leonardo DaVinci designed the first parachute. |
| 1486 In Venice, the first known copyright granted. |
| 1487 Bell chimes invented. |
| 1492 Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines. |
| Martin Behaim invented the first map globe. |
1492 Columbus discovered the America
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| 1492 Spanish Inquisition begun |
| 1494 Whiskey invented in Scotland. |
| 1498 Columbus discovered the main continent. |
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