20 dated entries naming Calligraphy, drawn from 19 separate years between 272 CE and 1120 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
272Wei Shuo (or Mouyi), Chinese calligrapher (died 349)source
4th century
349Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (born 272)source
353Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher, produces "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" in running script style. It becomes a model for future calligraphers.source
6th century
558Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (died 638)source
7th century
638Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (born 558)source
641Ouyang Xun, Confucian scholar and calligrapher (born 557)source
8th century
782Tachibana no Hayanari, Japanese calligrapher (died 844)source
9th century
819Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (died 875)source
875Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (born 819)source
894Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (died 966)source
10th century
944Ch'oe Ŏn-wi, Korean minister and calligrapher (born 868)source
966February 9 – Ono no Michikaze (Ono no Tōfū), Japanese calligrapher, dies after having established the foundations of the 'Waystyle' of calligraphy while serving the imperial court at Heian-kyō (modern-day Kyoto).source
966February 9 – Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (born 894)source
972Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (died 1027)source
977Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter and calligraphersource
11th century
1012Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher, official and poet (died 1067)source
1027January 3 – Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (born 972)source
1076Fujiwara no Sadazane, Japanese calligrapher (died 1120)source
12th century
1112Fakhr-un-Nisa, Arab scholar and calligraphersource
1120Fujiwara no Sadazane, Japanese calligrapher (born 1076)source