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The first book which Caxton produced in the Low Countries was The Recuyell of the Histories of Troy, translated by himself from the French original of Raoul Lefèvre. 100 BC
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Heliographs - first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius. 37 BC
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First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block. 305 BC
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First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng. 1049 BC
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Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.1455 AD