History of Communication By schwartz.279 Jan 1, 1450 The Printing Revolution Jul 12, 1454 Invention of the Printing Press Jul 12, 1583 Henry VIII establishes licensing System for books Jul 12, 1648 Treaty of Westphialia Jul 12, 1690 Publick Occurrences Published by Benjamin Harris Jul 12, 1712 The stamp act Jul 12, 1806 Joseoh Niepce tries to capture the images in a camera obscura Jul 12, 1812 The Steam Press was invented Jul 12, 1816 Niepce developed the first negative Jul 12, 1833 The Penny Press Jul 12, 1838 Dagguere captuers the first photgraph of a person Jul 12, 1870 Crusading Journalism Jul 12, 1879 Postal Act Jul 12, 1886 The halftone process Jul 12, 1888 Kodak releases the first commercial camera to make use of the film Jul 12, 1906 Hepburn Act Jul 12, 1906 Meat Inspection Act Jul 12, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Jul 12, 1906 Satyagraha Jul 12, 1917 Espionage Act Jul 12, 1917 Trading with the Enemy Act Jul 12, 1918 Sedition Act Oct 24, 1929 Great Depression Crash Jul 12, 1941 WWII Office of Censorship Jul 12, 1970 The Newspaper Preservation Act