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Period: Feb 28, 1000 to
1000-2000
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Feb 28, 1031
Location-Asia
Japan begins the first recorded use of waste paper for the making of new paper. -
Feb 28, 1100
Location-Africa
As a result of the Arab invasion of Spain, the industrial art of distillation of petroleum products into illuminants became available in western Europe by the 12th century. -
Feb 28, 1185
Location-Europe
Earliest written record of a windmill's existence in England is a rental note for a mill in Weedly, Yorkshire -
Feb 28, 1457
Location-Europe
The first successful passenger coach, a four-wheeled wagon with a strap suspension, is built in Kocs, Hungary. -
Location-United States
Hugh Platt discovers coke, a charcoal-like substance produced by heating coal. -
Location-Europe
The first attempt is made to harness ocean energy in the Bay of Fundy where there are huge tidal changes. Small mills are successfully powered by the tides. -
Location-Europe
The scientific method of reasoning was explained by English philosopher Francis Bacon in his book Novum Organum. -
Location-United States
Joseph Cugnot builds a steam carriage that can carry four people at speeds of up to 3.6 km per hour (2.25 mph). This is considered the first true automobile. -
Location-Europe
George Leclanche invents the zinc-carbon battery, a precursor to the dry cell and flashlight battery. -
Location-United States
Chernobyl nuclear reactor number 4 near Kiev, USSR explodes at 1:23 a.m. local time leading to a catastrophic release of radioactivity.
