| Ancient Egypt |
Oldest map fold
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| 95 B.C |
The Invention of Paper
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| Tang Dynasty |
Chinese Bookbinding
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| Heyan Era |
Tato Folds
Kusudama (Medicine Ball)
Mecho and Ocho
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| Song Dynasty |
Chinese Folding Fans
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| Mayan Empire |
Maya Codices
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| Yung Dynasty |
Funerary Objects
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| 1490 |
First illustration of folded boat
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| 1581 |
Italian Napkin Folding and Waterbomb Base
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| 17th-19th Century |
Baptismal Certificates and Windmill-Folds in the west
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| Edo Period |
Recreational origami in Japan
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| 1676 |
Troublewit
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| 1680 |
Origami butterflies mentioned in a poem
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| 1682-1717 |
First References to Origami (Orisue) and Traditional Folded Cranes (Orizuru)
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| 1734 |
Japanese Print of Folded Models
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| 1764 |
Tsutsumi-no Ki (Book of Wrapping) by ISE Sadatake
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| 1797 |
Hiden Senbazuru Orikata (The Secret of One Thousand Cranes Origami)
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| C. 1800 |
Chushingura Orikata
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| 1845 |
KAYARA-GUSA (Kan-No Mado)
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| Late 19th century |
Froebelian Folding
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| 1872 |
Paper Hat Step Folds Published in Scientific American
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| 1886 |
Published Diagrams for the Flapping Bird
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| 1887 |
Published Diagrams for the Paper Boat
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| 1898 |
Lillian Oppenheimer born
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| 1909 |
Robert Harbin born
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| 1911 |
Akira Yoshizawa born
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| 1920's |
Bauhaus Movement and Paperfolding
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| 1943 |
Sadako Sasaki born
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| 1955 |
Yoshizawa's exhibition in Amsterdam
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| 1958 |
Founding of the Origami Center
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| 1967 |
World's first origami society established in the UK
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| 1978 |
Founding of the the Italian Origami Society
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| 1979 |
Founding of the the Belgian-Netherlands Origami Society
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| 1980 |
Founding of the Friends of the Origami Center of America (later Origami USA)
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| 1988 |
Birth of the O-List
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| 1990 |
Founding of Japan Origami Academic Society (JOAS)
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| 1993 |
Founding of the Israeli Origami Center
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