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Chinese inventor Cai Lun develops early paper production from plant-like fibres.

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Beginning of Time

1894

The South Australian Parliament allows women to stand for parliament, the first electorate in the world to do so.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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