Editing Timeline of historic inventions (section)

====14th century====
* '''Early 14th century – Mid 14th century:''' [[Multistage rocket]] in [[Ming dynasty]] [[China]] described in ''[[Huolongjing]]'' by [[Jiao Yu]].
* '''By at least 1326:''' [[Cannon]] in [[Ming dynasty]] [[China]]<ref>{{cite journal|first=Lu|last=Gwei-Djen|author2=Joseph Needham |author3=Phan Chi-Hsing |date=July 1988|journal=Technology and Culture|volume=29|issue=3|pages=594–605|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|title=The Oldest Representation of a Bombard|doi=10.2307/3105275|jstor=3105275|s2cid=112733319 }}</ref>
* '''14th century:''' Painting [[Canvas]] was first used in [[Italy]].<ref>Gordon, xiii</ref>
* '''14th century:''' [[Jacob's staff]] described by [[Levi ben Gerson]]
* '''14th century:''' [[Naval mine]] in [[Ming dynasty]] [[China]]: Mentioned in the ''[[Huolongjing]]'' military manuscript written by [[Jiao Yu]] (fl. 14th to early 15th century) and [[Liu Bowen]] (1311–1375), describing naval mines used at sea or on rivers and lakes, made of [[wrought iron]] and enclosed in an ox bladder. A later model is documented in [[Song Yingxing]]'s encyclopedia written in 1637.<ref>Needham (1986), Volume 5, Part 7, 203–205.</ref>
* '''14th century:''' [[Bidriware]] in the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] in [[India]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news |date=2 January 2012 |title=Proving their mettle in metal craft |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Proving-their-mettle-in-metal-craft/articleshow/11332582.cms |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508043800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/hyderabad/30580986_1_bidriware-hyderabad-bidar |archive-date=8 May 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Handtiegelpresse von 1811.jpg|thumb|upright|The 15th-century invention of the [[printing press]] with [[movable type]] by the German [[Johannes Gutenberg]].<ref>See [http://rhsweb.org/library/1000PeopleMillennium.htm People of the Millennium] for an overview of the wide acclaim. In 1999, the [[A&E Network]] ranked [http://www.wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus170/biography100 Gutenberg no. 1 on their "People of the Millennium" countdown]. In 1997, [[Time–Life]] magazine picked [http://www.mainz.de/gutenberg/g2000.htm Gutenberg's invention as the most important of the second millennium] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310192514/http://www.mainz.de/gutenberg/g2000.htm |date=10 March 2010}}; the same did four prominent US journalists in their 1998 resume [http://rhsweb.org/library/1000PeopleMillennium.htm 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking The Men and Women Who Shaped The Millennium]. The [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm Johann Gutenberg] entry of the [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] describes his invention as having made a practically unparalleled cultural impact in the [[Christian era]].</ref> ]]