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| 1386 |
| | | A clock, designed only to strike the hours, is installed in Salisbury cathedral and is still working today | |
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| 1391 |
| | | Construction begins on a canal from Lübeck south to the Elbe, linking the Baltic and the North Sea | |
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| c. 1397 |
| | | The keyboard of the organ is adapted in Germany to strings, thus providing the harpsichord - first mentioned in a manuscript of this year | |
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| c. 1420 |
| | | Glazed windows become a feature of the richer homes of northern Europe | |
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| c. 1425 |
| | | Packs of tarot playing cards are among the most popular products of Europe's first printing presses | |
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| c. 1450 |
| | | The oldest surviving spring mechanism (enabling clocks to become small and portable) is put to work | |
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| c. 1455 |
| | | Master ES becomes the first artist to produce engravings | |
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| 1456 |
| | | A copy of Europe's first book printed from movable type, the Gutenberg Bible, is completed in Mainz | |
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| c. 1461 |
| | | Albrecht Pfister publishes the first book with printed illustrations - Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ('The farmer of Bohemia') | |
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| 1470 |
| | | The first Italian printing press is set up in Venice, which soon rivals Germany for the quality of its printing | |
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