History of Newspaper

First Newspaper

Jan 1, 713

Mixed News in Kaiyuan is first newspaper published in China. %u201CKaiyuan%u201D is the name given to the year in which the paper is published http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Movable Printing

Nov 3, 1040

In China, Pi Sheng invents printing from movable woodblocks. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Movable copper

Nov 3, 1392

Movable copper type is invented in Korea http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

letterpress

Oct 21, 1447

Johann Gutenberg invents letterpress printing, a process that will enable the mass production of the printed word.

Paper materials

May 12, 1501

Pope Alexander VI decreed that printed material must be submitted to clerical authority prior to publication in order to prevent heresy. Failure to do so could result in fines or excommunication. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Mounthly Newspapaper

Nov 3, 1556

Venetian government publishes Notizie scritte, a monthly newspaper for which readers pay a %u201Cgazetta%u201D, or small coin.

Newsbook

Nov 3, 1588

In Cologne, Germany, Michael Entzinger publishes a 24 page newsbook reporting on the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The newsbook%u2019s front page shows a woodcut representing the Spanish Armada sailing off the coast of England. Although the report came months after the actual event occurred, this is one of the earliest %u201Cfirst reports%u201D of a significant historical event.

First printed newspaper

Nov 3, 1605

Johann Carolus publishes the first printed newspaper, Relation, in Strasbourg, now in France but at the time a part of the so-called %u2019Deutsches Reich%u2019.

London Newspaper

Nov 3, 1621

In London, the newspaper Corante is published

French Newspaper

Nov 3, 1631

The Gazette, the first French newspaper, is founded

Printing Press

Nov 3, 1639

First American colonial printing press

Oldest newspaper In circulation

Nov 3, 1645

World%u2019s oldest newspaper still in circulation, Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, is published in Sweden

First published in America

Nov 3, 1690

Publick Occurrences is the first newspaper published in America when it appears in Boston. The editor, Benjamin Harris, stated he would issue the paper %u201Conce a month, or, if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener.%u201D The royal authority, wary of publications printed without its express consent, suppresses the newspaper after only one issue. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Worlds First Journalism

Nov 3, 1704

Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe and often recognized as the world%u2019s first journalist, begins to publish the Review, a periodical covering European affairs.
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Lithograohy

Nov 3, 1789

Alois Sedenfelder Invents Lithography. Although invented over two centuries ago, offest lithography first gained popularity in the 1960%u2019s, and is now the industry standard. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Sydney Cove

Aug 30, 1803

Australia%u2019s military government publishes the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, the country%u2019s first newspaper. This is only fifteen years after the colony of convicts had been established in Sydney Cove.

Steam powered Cylinder Press

Feb 13, 1812

Friedrich Koenig invents of the Steam Powered Cylinder Press. In 1814, John Walter, publisher of The Times in London, began to assemble the new press in secrecy, fearing that his pressmen might riot if they discovered his plans.
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Telegraph

Oct 12, 1844

Telegraph is invented http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Reuters

Apr 7, 1851

Reuters is established

Freeman's journal

Sep 5, 1870

Charles Stewart Parnell uses the Freeman%u2019s Journal to promote the causes of his Irish Nationalist Party.

Photograph in newspaper

Nov 4, 1880

First photographs appear in a newspaper http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Finding Iskra

Dec 17, 1900

Vladimir Lenin founds Iskra, in Leipzig, Germany. This revolutionary newspaper is to become a major tool for Communist propoganda. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Tabloid newspaper

Jul 24, 1903

Alfred Harmsworth (later Lord Northcliffe) develops the first tabloid newspaper, the Daily Mirror, in London. The Daily Mirror introduced the concept of the %u201Cexclusive%u201D interview. The first was with Lord Minto, the new Viceroy of India, in 1905. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html

Contractor begins publishing

Mar 3, 1966

Behram %u201CBusybee%u201D Contractor begins publishing his column %u2018Round and About%u201D in the Evening News of India. Running until 2001, the satirical column became the longest running column in the history of newspaper journalism.
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On-line daily

Nov 4, 1994

First independent on-line daily appears on the World Wide Web. http://www.wan-press.org/article2822.html