TIME LINE Highlights in history

960-1279: Porcelain is invented in China during the Sung dynasty.
1100s: Secret of making porcelain spreads to Korea; traders bring Chinese porcelain to Europe.
1500s: Porcelain-making spreads to Japan.
1575: The first European soft-paste porcelain is produced in Florence.
1708: German chemist Johann Friedrich Bottger discovers how to make hard-paste porcelain.
1710: A porcelain factory opens in Meissen, Germany.
1756: A soft-paste porcelain factory opens in Sevres, France.
1800: Bone china is invented in England by Josiah Spode.
1889: Lenox China company is founded in Trenton, N.J.