Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
October 1, 1710
Augustus the Strong of Saxony, obsessed with what he called his porcelain sickness, locked an alchemist named Bottger in a laboratory until he produced the first true European porcelain. The Meissen factory opened its gates at Albrechtsburg. The secret of China's white gold had finally crossed the Alps. Within decades, Meissen's crossed-swords mark became Europe's most coveted hallmark of refinement and royal taste.
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Also in 1710 (3 other events on record)
- Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge · Europe · Culture
- Great Plague of the Baltic · Europe · Disaster
- British Capture Port Royal, Acadia · North America · War
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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