1796
Medicine
England
Vaccination
Jenner uses cowpox to protect against smallpox.
Why it mattered
The template for eradicating infectious disease worldwide.
Industrial Age
1796
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
1796
Art & Culture
Bavaria
Lithography
Alois Senefelder invented printing from a flat greasy stone.
Why it mattered
Made cheap illustrated printing and later posters possible.
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