| December 31, | 00:34 | 589 | AD | Toilet paper is used in China.
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| December 31, | 01:56 | 671 | AD | Greek fire is used as a chemical weapon.
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| December 31, | 02:25 | 700 | AD | Arabs make paper.
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| December 31, | 03:13 | 748 | AD | The Chinese print the first newspaper.
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| December 31, | 03:25 | 760 | AD | Arabic numerals invented.
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| December 31, | 03:39 | 774 | AD | Arabs translate Euclid.
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| December 31, | 04:20 | 815 | AD | Jabir dies.
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| December 31, | 04:55 | 850 | AD | Gunpowder is produced in China.
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| December 31, | 05:45 | 900 | AD | Medical school at Salerno.
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| December 31, | 09:05 | 1100 | AD | Glass vessels become available.
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| December 31, | 10:12 | 1167 | AD | Oxford University founded.
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| December 31, | 10:15 | 1170 | AD | Alcohol prepared.
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| December 31, | 10:25 | 1180 | AD | Glass windows in English homes.
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| December 31, | 10:45 | 1200 | AD | Alcohol used medicinally.
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| December 31, | 11:25 | 1240 | AD | Roger Bacon mentions gunpowder.
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| December 31, | 12:13 | 1288 | AD | Spectacles invented.
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| December 31, | 12:35 | 1310 | AD | Mechanical clocks appear in Europe.
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| December 31, | 12:36 | 1311 | AD | Geber's writings appear.
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| December 31, | 12:42 | 1317 | AD | Pope John XXII bans alchemy.
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| December 31, | 12:52 | 1327 | AD | Cannons used in Europe.
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| December 31, | 14:59 | 1454 | AD | Gutenberg Bible is first printed with movable type.
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| December 31, | 16:26 | 1541 | AD | Paracelsus dies.
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| December 31, | 15:48 | 1503 | AD | Raw sugar is refined.
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| December 31, | 17:28 | 1603 | AD | Coke is produced from coal as a charcoal substitute.
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| December 31, | 18:26 | 1661 | AD | Robert Boyle publishes "The Sceptical Chymist."
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| December 31, | 18:35 | 1670 | AD | Boyle discovers hydrogen.
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| December 31, | 19:17 | 1712 | AD | Newcomen develops steam engine.
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| December 31, | 19:41 | 1736 | AD | Sodium and potassium salts are distinguished from one another.
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| December 31, | 19:51 | 1746 | AD | Sulfuric acid is produced by the lead chamber process.
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| December 31, | 20:00 | 1755 | AD | Carbon dioxide is discovered by Joseph Black.
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| December 31, | 20:17 | 1772 | AD | Priestley invents carbonated water.
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| December 31, | 20:21 | 1776 | AD | Hampden-Sydney College founded.
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| December 31, | 20:23 | 1778 | AD | Oxygen is discovered by Lavoisier.
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| December 31, | 20:26 | 1781 | AD | Priestley makes water from hydrogen and oxygen.
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| December 31, | 20:28 | 1783 | AD | Leblanc invents process for making soda ash from salt.
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| December 31, | 20:30 | 1785 | AD | Berthollet invents chlorine bleach.
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| December 31, | 20:34 | 1789 | AD | Lavoisier publishes a table of 31 chemical elements.
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| December 31, | 20:36 | 1791 | AD | Chemical stoichiometry is established.
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| December 31, | 20:37 | 1792 | AD | Coal gas is used for lighting homes.
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| December 31, | 20:40 | 1795 | AD | Canning is used to preserve food.
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| December 31, | 20:53 | 1808 | AD | John Dalton publishes "A New System of Chemical Philosophy"
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| December 31, | 21:07 | 1822 | AD | The first silver chloride photograph is produced.
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| December 31, | 21:15 | 1830 | AD | The friction match is invented.
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| December 31, | 21:12 | 1827 | AD | Aluminum is the most expensive metal on earth.
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| December 31, | 21:16 | 1831 | AD | A practical electric motor is invented.
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| December 31, | 21:24 | 1839 | AD | Vulcanized rubber
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| December 31, | 21:39 | 1854 | AD | Liquid air is produced commercially.
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| December 31, | 21:41 | 1856 | AD | Perkin invents first artificial dye, starting fashion craze.
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| December 31, | 21:51 | 1866 | AD | Wireless telegraphy is invented in West Virginia.
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| December 31, | 21:54 | 1869 | AD | Celluloid, the first plastic, is produced.
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| December 31, | 22:01 | 1876 | AD | The first practical refrigerator is invented.
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| December 31, | 22:02 | 1877 | AD | The Bell Telephone Company is founded.
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| December 31, | 22:03 | 1878 | AD | Rayon is the first artificial textile.
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| December 31, | 22:04 | 1879 | AD | Edison invents the carbon fiber electric lamp.
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| December 31, | 22:06 | 1881 | AD | First electric power station is built.
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| December 31, | 22:11 | 1886 | AD | Hall and Heroult invent process for economical aluminum production.
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| December 31, | 22:13 | 1888 | AD | Dunlop introduces air-filled rubber tires.
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| December 31, | 22:15 | 1890 | AD | William Kemmer is first to be executed in the electric chair.
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| December 31, | 22:19 | 1894 | AD | Marconi invents radio.
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| December 31, | 22:21 | 1896 | AD | Hollerith founds Tabulating Machine Company (later to become IBM).
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| December 31, | 22:28 | 1903 | AD | Wright brothers launch first powered airplane.
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| December 31, | 22:34 | 1909 | AD | Haber and Bosch invent process for ammonia production.
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| December 31, | 22:38 | 1913 | AD | Henry Ford invents the assembly line.
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| December 31, | 22:39 | 1914 | AD | The brassiere is patented.
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| December 31, | 22:51 | 1926 | AD | First talking motion picture.
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| December 31, | 22:53 | 1928 | AD | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing introduces Scotch Tape.
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| December 31, | 22:54 | 1929 | AD | Dunlop Rubber Company produces foam rubber.
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| December 31, | 22:57 | 1932 | AD | RCA demonstrates television.
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| December 31, | 23:00 | 1935 | AD | Canned beer is introduced.
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| December 31, | 23:04 | 1939 | AD | Germany flies the first jet airplane.
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| December 31, | 23:08 | 1943 | AD | Turing develops the first electronic computer.
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| December 31, | 23:10 | 1945 | AD | Americans drop atomic bomb on Japan.
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| December 31, | 23:12 | 1947 | AD | The first microwave oven is introduced.
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| December 31, | 23:13 | 1948 | AD | The transister is invented.
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| December 31, | 23:19 | 1954 | AD | Bell Telephone develops first photovoltaic cell.
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| December 31, | 23:20 | 1955 | AD | Velcro is patented.
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| December 31, | 23:23 | 1958 | AD | Dr. Dunn is born
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| December 31, | 23:24 | 1959 | AD | First Xerox copier is introduced.
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| December 31, | 23:25 | 1960 | AD | First laser is developed.
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| December 31, | 23:34 | 1969 | AD | Americans land on the moon.
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| December 31, | 23:36 | 1971 | AD | First pocket calculator introduced by Texas Instruments.
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| December 31, | 23:40 | 1975 | AD | Altair 8800 is first personal computer.
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| December 31, | 23:42 | 1977 | AD | Pong is a sophisticated video game
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| December 31, | 23:47 | 1982 | AD | First compact disk players introduced.
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