YEAR EVENT
3100 BC Cuneiform, one of the earliest known
writing systems was developed in Sumer (modern day Iraq). Wedge-shaped marks
were made on clay tablets by a blunt stylus cut from a reed.
3000 Papyrus plant, paper-like
material used as a writing surface in Egypt.
Ink from lamp-black made in China.
500 Amate, a beaten paper-like
material, made in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Parchment, a material made from
processed animal skin, used as a writing surface in Pergamon (Anatolian Greece,
Asia Minor, now Turkey).
100 Paper invented in China by
monks. Codex book form emerges in the Roman Empire. Coptic binding in Egypt.
200 Woodblock printing in China.
868 The oldest dated printed text
known: The Diamond Sutra, a Chinese translation of a Buddhist text now
preserved in the British Library.
932 Chinese printers adapt
Wood-block printing to mass produce classical books.
1041 Movable type invented in China.
1282 Watermarks first used in
Italian-made paper.
1309 Paper first used in England.
1377 World’s oldest extant book
printed with movable metal type Baekun Hwasang Chorok Buljo Jikji Simche Yojeol
published in Cheungju Korea, now at the Bibliotheque Nationale.
1438-44 Adjustable type mold developed by
Johannes Guttenberg in Mainz (Germany)
1454 First dated European
document: a papal indulgence attributed
to Gutenberg.
1455 Gutenberg’s Bible completed by
his creditor Johann Fust and his own workman Peter Schoeffer.
1462 Fust and Schoeffer first to use
a printer’s mark.
1539 Juan Pablos (Giovanni Paoli)
became the first printer in North America (Mexico City).
1563 Printing in France forbidden
without royal permission under penalty of death.
1584 The University Press at
Cambridge begins operation, and has done so continuously since. It lays claim to being both the world’s
oldest university press in and the oldest printing and publishing house.
1600 Spain outlaws papermaking in its
New World colonies.
1611 Publication of the first edition
of the King James Bible.
1655 The London Gazette, first regularly published English newspaper.
1690 Papermaking in America (Philadelphia).
1710 Statue of Anne regulates
copyright in Great Britain.
1731 Poor Richard’s Almanac, published by Benjamin Franklin in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1735 Publisher John Peter Zenger
acquitted of libel in colonial New York City, setting the legal standard.
1755 A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson.
1768 Encyclopedia Britannica is published.
1775 Common Sense by Thomas Paine is released.
1810 Composition ink rollers
developed in London to replace ink balls.
The History of Printing in America
by Isaiah Thomas.
1825 Typographia ty Thomas Curson Hansard is published. Louis John Pouchée, a London type founder,
produces ornamented types now regarded among the best of their kind.
1830 Paperback books appear in
England and Ireland.
1839 Practical photography developed.
1851 Paper made from wood pulp.
1866 American Printer. A Manual of Typography by Thomas MacKellar is published.
1875 Mimeograph invented by Thomas
Edison.
1884 Grolier Club, a bibliophilic
organization, founded in New York
1886 Berne Convention for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Historic Printing Types by Theodore Low Devinne.
1892 Biliographical Society (of
London) founded.
1904 The Bibliographical Society of
America established.
1905 The Society of Printers
established in Boston.
1919 The Newberry Library establishes
the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing.
1927 Society of Typographic Arts
founded in Chicago.
1937 The American Imprint Inventory
begins under Douglas C. McMurtrie a Depression-era section the Historical
Records Survey to identify and catalogue US imprints produced before 1800 (1890
west of the Mississippi). Suspended in 1942.
1943 Papermaking: The History and
Technique of an Ancient Craft by Dard Hunter is published.
1946 Bookbinding, Its Background and Technique by Edith Diehl is published.
1955 Printing for Pleasure by John Ryder, it popularized the amateur and
fine press movement after World War II.
1957 Association Typographique
Internationale (A TypI).
1964 Printing Historical Society
founded in London.
1971 Project Gutenberg, oldest
digital library of public domain books launched.
1974 American Printing History
Association founded. The Center for Book
Arts founded in New York, the first not-for-profit organization of its kind in
the United States.
1983 Desktop publishing appears.
1985 Minnesota Center for Book Arts
opens in Minneapolis.
1991 World Wide Web is launched.
1995 Amazon.com founded.
1996 Fine Press Book Association
founded.
1999 Blogger online self-publishing
app launches.
2001 Wikipedia, a free, online
collaborative encyclopedia, is launched.
2004 Facebook social network
launched.
2006 Twitter social networking
service launched. It allows users to
send and read 140-character messages called “tweets.”
2007 Kindle e-reader developed by
Amazon.com.
2008 College Book Art Association is
formed, professionalizing book art education, supporting academic book artists
and students, setting standards, and promoting the field.
2009 Nook e-reader developed by
Barnes & Noble.
2010 Apple iPad tablet introduced.
2012 London Centre for Book Arts opens.
Note:
Excerpted from The Printing History Association
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