William Caxton sets up the first English printing press in Westminster.
William Caxton sets up the first English printing press in Westminster.
Worcester Postman launched. (In 1709 it starts regular publication as Berrow's Worcester Journal, considered to be the oldest surviving English newspaper).
Launch of the first regular daily newspaper: The Daily Courant.
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Many more newspapers were being published.
The Times began, under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788.
