Inventions

A few years ago, my brother carelessly dropped a cup of cocoa on my valuable lexicon. Now I’m trying to find out who discovered ether and in what year, but all I can decipher from the intelligible pages are the following bits of information :

Vinci invented something before Jansen.
Something was invented in the years 1490 and 1783.
Cordus invented something in 1540.
The glasses were invented in the year 1300.
Scheele discovered glycerin.
Vinci invented the hygrometer.
The microscope was invented in the year 1590.
Schwarz made an invention in the year 1313.
Spina invented something.
Gunpowder was invented immediately before the hygrometer.

Question: Does somebody know the answer?


AttributesValues
NameCordus; Janssen; Scheele; Schwarz; Spina; Vinci
Inventionether; glasses; glycerin; gunpowder; hygrometer; microscope
Year1300; 1313; 1490; 1540; 1590; 1783