The staff of the National archives in trenčín found documents from 1635 lawyer from Slovakia smiley. According to researchers, the image could be the ancestor of language “Emoji”. At the end of the sentence the human rights activist drew a character that looks like a human face with eyes and mouth, reports the Telegraph.
After studying the records the researchers came to the conclusion that this picture says about the emotions of the author at the time of writing, and judging by the character who portrayed a lawyer, he was pleased.