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I-8n Basle, 1377, the pack was described by Brother John in his sermon as: “in its common form, and that in which it first reached us” comprises four seated kings, on royal thrones, each one holding a certain sign in his hand, of which signs some are reputed good, but others signify evil. Under which kings are two ‘marschalli’, the first of whom holds the sign upwards in his hand, in the same manner as the king; but the other holds it downwards in his hand. After this there are ten other cards, outwardly of the same size and shape, containing pips one to ten, making a total of 52.
There is also documentary evidence that "Saracenic" playing cards reached Italy in 1379. Read more →
1400s

1480
Flemish Hunting Deck

1490
J. Deluy c.1490s

1491
Sola-Busca Tarocchi

1495
Mamluk Playing Cards
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1451. Birth of Christopher Columbus
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1491. Birth of Henry VIII of England
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1492. Christopher Columbus discovers the 'new world' of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria
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1499. Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope on board his ship São Gabriel
1500s

1507
Logica Memorativa

1523
Hans Sebald Beham

1544
Virgil Solis

1567
Eglantine Table

1567
Pierre Marechal

1574
Phelippe Ayet, 1574

1580
Francisco Flores

1584
Toledo, 1584
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1506. Death of Christopher Columbus, aged 54
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1564. Birth of William Shakespeare
1600s

1611
Georg Kapfler

1644
Jeu de la Géographie

1644
Rois de France

1650
Hewson

1650
The Parisian Tarot

1664
Mitelli Tarocchini

1682
Navarra Pattern

1693
Infirrera

1698
Le Jeu de la Guerre

1698
William Warter

1698
Carel de Wagenaer
1700s

1710
Benoist Laius

1711
Dr Sacheverell

1718
Geistliche Karten

1720
Bubble Cards, 1720

1720
South Sea Bubble

1725
L’Utile col Diletto

1728
The Beggars’ Opera

1742
Hoyle and his Legacy

1754
Cries of London

1759
Aesop’s Fables

1760
Vogelspiel

1770
Blanchard, c.1770

1770
Brazil

1770
Cartes enfantines

1780
Vandenborre Tarot

1780
Old Bavarian pattern

1780
Unsun Karuta

1780
L Day

1785
Pierre Roiné Aluette

1786
Pedro Varangot, 1786

1790
Amorcillos

1793
Gayant, 1793

1793
Jeu de l’an 2

1796
Prisoners of War
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1717. The Freemasonry fraternity is founded with the establishment of the first Grand Lodge in London, England
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1725. Birth of Antoine Court de Gébelin
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1732. Birth of George Washington
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1738. Birth of "Etteilla", the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette
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1769. Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
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1776. The Founding Fathers establish the United States of America through the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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1785. Birth of Charles Goodall
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1793. Birth of Thomas de la Rue
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1799. The Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt by French soldiers during Napoleon's expedition, providing the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
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1799. Death of George Washington, aged 67
1800s

1800
Hunt, 1790-1801

1800
Hunt, c.1800

1800
Jeu Grotesque

1800
Joseph Losch

1800
Pedro Rotxotxo

1800
Æsop’s Fables tarot

1806
Le Nouvel Etteilla

1808
The Kiss, 1808

1809
H. F. Müller
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1809. Birth of Bernard J. Dondorf
1810s

1812
French Suited Piquet

1814
Goyesca

1815
Anti-Napoleon

1815
Victory Deck

1815
Baraja Mitológica

1816
Bergmannskarte

1817
Dames de France

1819
Cartes Recréatives

1819
Seminole Wars deck
1820s

1820
Estel Tarok

1820
Banana Leaf Cards

1820
Thomas Creswick

1820
Llombart pattern

1820
Heathen Wars

1820
P. Steinmann

1821
Juan de Brugada

1824
Myriorama

1825
Unknown Maker

1825
Gabriel Uffenheimer

1828
Imperial Royal Pack

1828
Charles Hodges
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1820. Chas Goodall and Son Founded
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1821. Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, aged 51
1830s

1830
Antike Götter

1830
Torras y Sanmartí

1830
Gumppenberg of Milan

1830
Maciá Pattern

1830
Reynolds c.1830

1830
Bavaria pattern

1832
German Saxon Pattern

1832
Lewis I. Cohen

1832
De La Rue

1833
José Gombau

1833
Dondorf

1834
Schiller deck
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1833. Dondorf Founded
1840s

1840
Sanmartí, 1840

1840
Caleb Bartlett

1840
J.L. & J. Turnbull

1840
Daveluy

1844
Corona Ferrea

1845
Goodall c.1845-60

1848
French Costumes

1848
French Costumes
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1848. Birth of Andrew Dougherty
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1849. Birth of Heraclio Fournier González
1850s

1850
Première Croisade

1850
Doctor Busby

1850
Pou y Cía

1850
Cartes Marbrées

1852
Pomeranian Tarot

1856
Crimean War Deck
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1857. Birth of Arthur Edward Waite
1860s

1860
Fournier Hnos Burgos

1860
Narren-Karte, c.1860

1860
Botany Quartetts

1860
Golden Egg Game

1860
Tell Wilmoś

1860
Alphonse Arnoult

1860
V. F. Solesio Tarot

1860
Gnav

1860
The White Cat

1860
José Cumplido

1862
Joseph Glanz, 1862

1862
Pittner Tarok

1863
The Joker Card

1864
Corner Indices

1865
John Bull

1866
Snap

1868
Le Destin Antique

1868
Braulio Fournier
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1866. Death of Thomas de la Rue, aged 73
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1861. The American Civil War erupts between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy)
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1868. Heraclio Fournier S.A. Founded
1870s

1870
Kinder-Karte

1870
Vier-Erdteile c.1870

1870
Excelsior

1870
Tarot Microscopique

1870
Dondorf Tarot

1870
José Maria Durán

1871
Baraja de Amor

1874
Globe Card Company

1875
The Wedding

1875
Apache Playing Cards

1875
A Motley Pack

1875
Continental Card Co

1875
Moyen-Age by Daveluy

1875
Anno Domini

1875
Shearing the Sheep

1875
Swiss Costumes

1875
Anno Mundi

1875
XIXth Century

1875
James English & Co.

1875
José Serrano

1875
T. Drayton & Son

1875
Laughing Made Easy

1875
Historical Patience

1877
Squeezers No.35

1878
Triplicate No.18

1879
Juan Humanes y Cía
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1875. Birth of Aleister Crowley
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1878. Birth of Pamela Colman Smith
1880s

1880
Counties of England

1880
Caught in a Trap

1880
A Todos Alumbra

1880
Cerveza ‘El Gallo’

1880
Luxus Skatkarten

1880
On Guard

1880
Cartes Universelles

1880
García y Boyer

1881
Navy No.303

1881
Army & Navy No.303

1881
Tigers No.101

1881
Russell, Morgan & Co

1881
Army No.303

1881
Congress No.606

1883
Ivorette

1883
Steamboat No.999

1883
Jeu Quatre Empereurs

1884
Four Flags

1885
Tally-Ho

1885
Bicycle No.808

1885
Ship Sails

1885
Clausen Brewing

1885
Quits

1885
Ups & Downs

1885
Nueva Baraja Taurina

1885
Baraja Mística

1886
Deakin’s 1st edition

1886
National Card Co.

1886
Tourists

1887
Comic Conversation

1887
Squared Faro #366

1888
Cabinet No.707

1888
Deakin’s 3rd edition

1888
Lithographic Stone

1889
Mittelalter No.150

1889
No.4 Special Whist

1889
American Skat
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1889. Nintendo Playing Cards Co. Ltd Founded
1890s

1890
Lenormand Cartomancy

1890
Game of Nations

1890
Pigmy Playing Cards

1890
Hard-a-Port

1890
Steamboats No.99

1890
The Stage No.65

1890
Doctor Busby

1890
Jack Horner Snap

1890
Picture Proverbs

1890
Brazil Scenic Aces

1890
Royal Old Maid Game

1890
Merry Families

1890
Who Buys?

1890
Crickette

1890
Funny Families

1890
Chi Chi Pai

1890
Oliver Twist Snap

1890
Swiss Scenic Tarock

1890
Domino Cards, c.1890

1892
Kimberley 1892

1892
Kimberley

1893
Historic Shakespeare

1893
Spin & Old Maid

1893
Animal Grab

1894
Indicator No.50

1895
Czech Hussite Deck

1895
Strange People

1895
Khanhoo

1895
Jeu Louis XV

1895
El Barco

1895
Trophy Whist

1895
Monarch Bicycle

1895
Capitol No.188

1895
Hustling Joe

1895
Vanity Fair

1895
London Post

1896
A Royal Game

1896
Our Ship

1896
Circus No.47

1896
Fairy Tales

1896
New Era No.46

1896
In Castle Land

1896
Population

1896
Kaiserkarte

1896
Bluffing

1896
Merry Families

1897
Nationalities

1897
Carte per Signora

1898
Kaiser Jubiläum

1898
Pashas

1898
Misfitz

1898
The Game of Cities

1898
Russian Circus deck

1899
Bible Game

1899
Domestic Economy

1899
Fox & Hounds

1899
Anheuser-Busch

1899
Grand Jeu Lenormand
1900s

1900
Bread & Honey

1900
Livre du Destin

1900
District Messenger

1900
Japanesque

1900
Jeu des Fleurs

1900
Chocolat du Planteur

1900
Bargains

1900
Jeu Moyen Age

1900
Skits

1900
National Misfitz

1900
Livre du Destin

1900
Happy Families

1900
Gerrymanders

1900
The Game of Numbers

1900
Karoo

1900
Animal Misfitz

1900
Swiss Album patience

1900
Figures Amusantes

1900
Fruits et Légumes

1900
Wappen-Quartett

1900
Nap

1900
Auction Game

1900
Moods & Faces

1900
Oosehe

1900
Tut=Tut

1900
Who Knows?

1900
Tô Tôm №1204

1901
Ceki Cards

1902
Golliwogg, c.1902

1902
C.W.F Snap

1902
Our Kings and Queens

1903
Steamboats No.66

1903
Fairy Tales

1903
Flora

1904
Society Misfitz

1904
Stage

1904
Hindooly

1904
Bicicleta num.810

1904
Nile Fortune cards

1905
Noah’s Ark Card Game

1905
Zum

1905
Sky

1905
Jungle Jinks

1905
Candid Confessions

1905
Entente Cordiale

1905
Tarok c.1900

1905
President Suspender

1905
Sefite card game

1905
Golly Misfitz

1905
Iddy Umpty

1905
Snap by Woolley & Co

1906
Zwarte Piet

1906
Boudoir

1906
Many Folk Misfitz

1906
Jugendstil Tarock

1906
Smart Set 400

1906
Russell’s Regulars

1906
Schweizer Trachten

1906
Patriotic Misfitz

1906
Bolognese pattern

1907
Zooloo Misfitz

1907
Hurry-Up Misfitz

1908
Wonderland Misfitz

1908
Prague 1908 Jubilee

1908
Baggy Clown Joker

1908
Panama Souvenir 1908

1908
Fairy Legend Misfitz

1908
Spelka

1909
Arnold Schönberg

1909
Norwood #85, c.1909

1909
Rider-Waite Tarot
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1901. Birth of Walt Disney
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1902. Death of Bernard J. Dondorf, age 93
1910s

1910
Happy Families

1910
One Penny Games 2

1910
Algeria

1910
Snapshots

1910
Wüst Oval Patience

1910
Piatnik Tarock

1910
Wüst Spanish pattern

1910
Vistas de Lima

1910
Weights and Measures

1910
No.500 Playing Cards

1910
Ravi Varma Press

1910
Adverto

1910
Sport No.31

1910
Little Folk Misfitz

1911
The Jovial Cards

1911
Russian Style

1911
Wahrsage-Karten

1911
Rokoko

1911
Romeo and Juliet

1912
The Lost Heir

1912
Peter Pan

1912
Panko

1912
Roodles

1912
Forest Echoes

1912
Kuhn Khan

1913
Globe Trotters

1914
Rococo Playing Cards

1914
Cavalry Game

1915
Sister Susie Snap

1915
Spy

1915
Märchen-Quartett

1916
Waisenfond

1918
Orija Nr.20

1918
Soldaten Tarock

1919
WW1 Commemorative

1919
Irish Heroic
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1912. Sinking of the Titanic
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1914. Outbreak of World War I
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1916. Death of Heraclio Fournier González, aged 67
1920s

1920
Rainbow

1920
One Penny Games

1920
Kikit

1920
Old Maid

1920
Irish Historic

1920
Lighthouse No.922

1920
Pyramid P.C.C.

1920
D’Ye Ken John Peel

1920
Qantas

1920
Luis Guarro, c.1920

1920
British Empire

1920
The Great Galumphus

1920
Tempest

1920
Rococco

1920
Poker No. 140

1920
Happy Families

1920
Schwarzer Peter

1920
On Spec

1920
Oppo

1920
Russian “Historical”

1920
Unknown Publisher

1920
Blaze

1920
Zoo-Zoo

1920
Blue Brand Snap Up

1920
Funny Snap

1920
Touring

1920
Motor Handicap

1920
Genoese pattern

1920
Cartes Lenormand

1921
Rihards Zarinš

1921
De Luxe No.142

1922
Uback

1923
Der Feinen Welt

1923
Gallo Intransparente

1923
Stefans Bercs

1923
Kismet Temple

1923
Fleet Street

1924
Electrical Mah Jong

1924
Literary Figures

1925
Philips Arlita

1925
Walter Scharff

1925
Cocktail

1925
Snap 1925

1925
Hansa-Karte

1925
Race-Cardo

1925
Pneumatic Series ‘F’

1925
Sparx

1925
Trevisane pattern

1926
El Monoplano

1926
Artistas del Cine

1926
Touring

1927
Beaver!

1927
Middle Ages

1927
Western PCC

1927
Lindy

1928
Baroque No.2118

1928
Bicycle Seconds

1928
Slavonic

1928
Whist No.80

1928
Wings

1928
Arpak

1929
Barribal patience

1929
Cir-Q-Lar

1929
Happy Melox Families

1929
Reo Rex Luxus bild
1930s

1930
Liverpool Daily Post

1930
Graf Zeppelin

1930
Radio Banker

1930
Julio Laje

1930
Three Bears Snap

1930
Luis A. Fourvel

1930
Snap 1930

1930
Our Pets Snap

1930
Zoo-Boots

1930
Marguerite

1930
Fancy Dress Ball

1930
Pooltella

1930
Juan Roura Catalan

1930
El Ciervo, c.1930

1930
Baraja Boxeo

1930
De la Rue for export

1930
Farmyard Snap

1930
Islenzk Spil

1930
Fairyland Snap

1930
Crown Point Series

1930
L. G. Sloan, Ltd

1930
Counties of Britain

1930
Countries of Empire

1930
French for Fun

1930
Gedimino Stulpai

1930
Silly Symphony

1930
Brighter Families

1930
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd

1930
Mr Bok

1930
Jägerkarte Nr.465

1930
Non-Revoke

1930
Klubams

1931
Kargo

1932
Game of Cities

1932
Lexicon

1932
Reinholds Kasparsons

1932
Lobo

1932
Shakespearean

1932