Media Timeline
Media Timeline 868 A.D – The Diamond Sutra was the first ever dated book, printed on wooden blocks and published in China. 1436 – Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith by profession developed the first printing press in Europe. His machine was capable of printing to a high-quality in a far shorter period of time, than before. Gutenberg then went onto print the ‘Bible’ in 1455 for Pope Pius II. 1476 – William Caxton sets the first English printing press in Westminster. 1605 – Johann Carolus published the first ever newspaper printed in Strasbourg called Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien. 1665 – The London Gazette was the first newspaper to be published on the 7 th November 1665. The Gazette was published by henry Muddiman, and its first ever publication is noted in Samuel Pepys diary. The London Gazette was posted to subscribers, not printed for general sale to the Public. 1690 – The first American newspaper called Publick Occurrences ...
