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Jan 1, 1041
Invention Of Movable Type
Chinese printer Pi Sheng invented movable type. -
Jan 1, 1155
The First Printed Map
A Chinese inventer Jui Ching produced the first printed map. -
Jan 1, 1436
Johann Gutenberg started working on the printing press
he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn and Andreas Heilmann -
Jan 1, 1439
The lawsuit
A lawsuit against Gutenberg that an official record exists. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg Bible completed
Gutenberg was making his Bible During this time, and he completed it in 1455. -
Jan 1, 1452
Combined new technology
Johann combined known technologies from Europe and Asia with his movable type to create a printing press that changed the world. -
Jan 1, 1453
Mainz Psalter
A later work, it was designed by Gutenberg, but under the imprint of his successors, Johann Fust and Peter Schoffer. -
Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg completed his Bible
Gutenberg printed a complete Bible. (it was the first full sized book with movable type.) -
Period: Jan 1, 1518 to Jan 1, 1524
The publication of books
The publication of books in Germany skyrocketed seven fold. -
Period: Jan 1, 1518 to Jan 1, 1520
The Distribution of Luther's Tracts
Luther's trcts were distributed in 300,000 printed copies. -
Typographical typing changed the world
The English statesman and Philosipher, Francis Bacon, could write that typographical printing "changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world." -
First Model to The Times Were Sold
Koenig and Braver sold two of the first models to The Times in London. -
steam powered press
the steam powered kotary printing press was invented -
Platen Printing Press
Platen Printing Press model was invented. -
Printing Press in China
By 593 A.D the printing press was invented in China.