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| c. 1400 |
| | | Majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware, reaches Italy from Majorca and thus gets its name | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | | Faenza becomes the main centre for the production of the Italian tin-glazed earthenware known as majolica | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | | Ceramic artists in Italy decorate large majolica dishes with scenes of narrative history, giving this style the name istoriato | |
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| c. 1575 |
| | | Soft-paste porcelain, in imitation of true porcelain from China, is successfully created for the Medici in Florence | |
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| 1588 |
| | | The shogun's Tea Master awards a gold seal with the one word raku ('felicity') to a beautiful bowl, thus naming Japan's most famous ware | |
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| c. 1620 |
| | | Delft becomes the centre for tin-glazed earthenware in nothern Europe, specializing in the blue-and-white Chinese style | |
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| 1662 |
| | | Jean-Baptiste Colbert buys the Gobelin family workshops in Paris and transforms them into a royal factory for Louis XIV | |
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| c. 1670 |
| | | Members of the Sakaida Kakiemon family are producing exquisitely decorated porcelain ware in Japan | |
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| c. 1675 |
| | | Dutch traders purchase Kakiemon wares in Japan for import to the Netherlands | |
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| c. 1690 |
| | | Chinoiserie becomes the new craze in Europe, after Jesuit reports of the Chinese civilization | |
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