Examples of 'first written reference' in a sentence

Meaning of "first written reference"

This phrase indicates the initial documented mention or citation of a particular topic, event, or concept in written form. It suggests that before this reference, there were no written records or sources containing information about the subject

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first written reference
This was by no means the first written reference.
The first written reference on its medicinal uses dates back to the seventeenth century.
It was in 1494 that we have the first written reference to whisky.
The first written reference to Champagne was English, not French.
Until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle.
The first written reference to the castle was in the year 1156 possibly a few years earlier.
This document is the first written reference to the house now called Whiskey Hill.
The first written reference to the beneficial properties of its thermal waters dates back to 1848.
However, the first written reference to the village itself only appeared in 1254.
The first written reference in 771 is in a document detailing a donation to the Fulda Abbey.
The first written reference to Blatné was made in the 13th century.
Spain - First written reference to playing cards in Europe, referred to as naip.
First written reference indicates that ten Jewish families were living in the town in 1618.
The first written reference to Matti Kurki dates from the 17th century.
The first written reference to the castle, recording its use as a state prison, dates from 1449.

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The first written reference to a Slavic settlement dates to 907.
The first written reference to Volkovce is found in a document from 1275.
The first written reference about the municipality Böbingen is from 1281.
The first written reference to the earthwork occurs in the borough of Leicester 's accounts from 1322.
The first written reference is in the Breves Notatiae of 749 as " Duringveld.
The first written reference to the Ring of Brogar dates from 1529.
In 864 the first written reference to the Devín Castle ( Dowina ) appears in the Fuldish Annals.

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