BREWED February 2015 | Page 39

13th CENTURY Whilst the Chinese were already shooting fireworks into the air for two centuries , Europeans discovered black powder in the 13th century. It was shot in the air as well, although the inventors had another purpose: they called it: ‘gunpowder’. 15th CENTURY Early methods of printing were combined in the new movable typing technology. A printing press made it possible to print 3600 pages a day and this gave Luther and Erasmus the possibility to become the Dan Brown and J.K. Rowling of their time. 17th CENTURY A fairly important invent