Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1880 — SOME INTERESTING DATES. [ARTICLE]

SOME INTERESTING DATES.

Muskets in use, 1370. Pistols in use, 1544. Spectacles invented, 1280. Paper made of linen, in 1300. Printing invented at Metz by Gutenberg, 1450. Printing introduced into England, 1471. Tobacco introduced into France by Micot, 1450. Linen first made in England, 1235. Clocks first made in England, 1608. Potatoes first introduced into Ireland in 1589. The art of weaving introduced into England, 1330. Musical notes, used, invented, 13S0. Cannon first used at the siege of Algesiras, 1342. The first public library was founded at Rome, 167 B. C. Plays were first acted at Rome, 239 B. C. The fifrst public library was founded at Alexandria, 84 A. D. Paper was invented in China, 170 B. C.

The calendar was reformed by Julius Caestfr, 44 B. C. Insurance on ships and merchandise first made, A. D. 43. Saddles came into use in the fourth century. Horse-shoes of iron were .first made, A. D. 43. Stirrups were not made until a century later. Manufacture of silk brought from India into Europe, 551 A. D. Pens first made of quills, A. D. 635. Pleading in courts of judicature introduced, A. D. 788. Stone buildings and glass introduced into Engiand, 674 A. D. The first regular bank was established at Venice in 1157. Astronomy and geometry brought into JEngland, 1230The degree of doctor first conferred in Europe at Bologna, in 1130; in England, 1208. The figures of arithmetic brought into Europe by the Saracens, A. D. 991. Paper of cotton rags invented toward the close of the tenth century. Comedy and tragedy were first exhibited at Athens 247 years B. C. Postoffice established in France, 1464; in England, 1581; in Germany, 1641. Turkeys and chocolate introduced info England from America, 1529. Telegraphing introduced by Prof. Morse in 1844. The telephone invented by Edison in 1877.