Invention of eyeglasses
c. 1286 · Event
Spectacles appear in northern Italy, extending the working lives of scholars and craftsmen across Europe.
On these timelines: Italy (post-476 CE), Master, Arts and Thoughts
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Around 1286
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- Marco Polo travels to China (1271)