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| Paper first made of cotton rags | 1000 |
| Colleges first established in Europe, at Paris | 1215 |
| College—Steeple, Steeple—Point, Point—eee. | |
| Glass windows first used in England | 1180 |
| Tin mines discovered in Germany | 1241 |
| Windmills invented | 1299 |
| Gold first coined in modern times | 1320 |
| Leaden pipes for conveying water, invented | 1236 |
| Chimneys first used in England | 1200 |
| Cannons first made by the French | 1340 |
| Copper money first used in Scotland and Ireland | 1340 |
| Painting in oil first practised | 1340 |
| Patent rights first granted to inventors in England | 1344 |
| Playing cards invented for the amusement of the French king | 1390 |
| Paper first made of linen rags | 1417 |
| Printing invented by Faust, Germany | 1441 |
| Musical notes as now used, invented | 1333 |
| Coal first discovered in England, near Newcastle | 1234 |
| Mirrors and magnifying glasses invented by R. Bacon, England | 1260 |
| Spectacles first invented by R. Bacon | 1280 |
| Gunpowder first made by Schwartz, Holland | 1320 |
