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The pandeiro is used on the 13:th of July in Bahia, Brazil at Corpus Christi.

Skin drums (membrafons)

Wall paintings of humans that plays framedrums, musicbow and chakers.

Bullroarer in Catal Hüyük.

Cylinderdrums in Europe. (present Bulgaria)

Drums moves from Fertile Crescent to Asia. (China)

Sistra is played in Asia Minor.

Babylonian Balag-di player in the tempel of the moon in Ur, the first percussionist that we know by name.

Handbels in China.

Gobletdrums, e.g. darbouka are played in the tempels in Sumeria and Babylonia.

Kettledrums i Babylonia and India.

Drums in Babylonia.

Mridanga in India.

The first evidence of tambourine with jingles. (Rome)

Tam-tam can have been developed in Hui Yu, between Burma and Tibet.

Daff is played in India. (also called Dafli)

Claydrums are found in Indian art.

The tabor is used in Europe.

Tablas are developed in India. (by Amir Khusro)

Naqqâras are introduced in England, here called nakers.

The kettledrum and the sidedrum are used by the armys in Europe.

The xylofon becomes popular in Europe.

Development of military drum rudiments.

The triangle is introduced in the modern orchestra.

The bassdrum becoms popular in Europe.

The xylophone is introduced in the modern orchestra.

Timpani are used by Orazio Benevoli in his Festival Mass

Timpani are introduced in orchestral music.

The drums are prohibited in Denmark och Norway.

The drums are prohibited in Sweden.

Janissary music is introduced in Europe from Turky.

Claves in Cuba.

Orchestral chimes are developed in England by John Hampton.

Bongos are developed in Cuba.

The trapset is starting to develop in jazzbands.

The vibrafone is developed in America.

The modern trapset starts to take shape.

Steeldrums are developed in Trinidad.

Elektronic drums.

Manjira is played in religious music in India.

Big army kettledrums called "tympana" are used.

On the first of January all the Samidrums are collected by the Swedish government and church in Åsele, north of Sweden.

Kotsuzumi is played in Japan.

Cymbals are introduced in the modern orchestra. (1680)

Nagarahs (or naqqâras), Arabian kettledrums are introduced in Europe.

The tabor is developed to a larger drum, the sidedrum.

The sidedrum is used in the modern orchestra.
 

The bodhran is played as we know it today.

Bronsdrums in China.

Framedrums are used in Mesopotamia and Babylonia.
1492 Columbus 2:nd O ct.

The tambourine is introduced in Europe.

First evidence of the samidrum in a Norwegan writing.

Boanclappers.

Janissary music originates in Turky.