This creates the foundations of democracy and gives Ross Perot a really cool piece of parchment to own one day. The first formal medical schools require three years of logic, five of medicine and one of practice. The tradition continues today, except for the logic part. This is good. Arabic numerals and the decimal system are introduced in Europe.
Nitpickers immediately start carping about the lack of a zero.
First meeting of the House of Commons, the forerunner of most modern democratic assemblies including our own Congress. First toll road opens. Hairbrush and toothpaste sales boom. China discontinues use of paper money because of inflation. Hundred Years' War begins between England and France, stumping trivia players for centuries to come.