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 (d. 349)source
4th century
349Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (b. 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 (d. 638)source
7th century
638Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (b. 558)source
641Ouyang Xun, Confucian scholar and calligrapher (b. 557)source
8th century
782Tachibana no Hayanari, Japanese calligrapher (d. 844)source
9th century
819Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (d. 875)source
875Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (b. 819)source
894Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (d. 966)source
10th century
944Ch'oe Ŏn-wi, Korean minister and calligrapher (b. 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 (b. 894)source
972Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (d. 1027)source
977Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter and calligraphersource
11th century
1012Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher, official and poet (d. 1067)source
1027January 3 – Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (b. 972)source
1076Fujiwara no Sadazane, Japanese calligrapher (d. 1120)source
12th century
1112Fakhr-un-Nisa, Arab scholar and calligraphersource
1120Fujiwara no Sadazane, Japanese calligrapher (b. 1076)source