Timeline

868: The first ever printed book was printed in China (History.com Editors).

877: Charts, guides, instructions, and schooling Objects printed in China (History.com Editors).      

880s: Wood block printing is first used in Japan, and Korea (History.com Editors).

970-1051: Bi Sheng creates a movable printer for China, Hubei, and Yingshan (History.com Editors).

1127-1279: Books became common in the Southern Song Dynasty (History.com Editors).

1297: Wang Chen uses a wooden press to make Nung Shu (History.com Editors).

1440: Johannes Gutenberg experiments printing in Strasbourg during his political exile from Mainz Germany to make reforms to printing (History.com Editors).

1450: Gutenberg returns to Mainz with the Gutenberg Press, a revolutionary invention (History.com Editors).

1452: Gutenberg is loaned money from Johann Fust, and prints about 180 copies of the Gutenberg Bible (History.com Editors).

1445: Gutenberg does not repay Fust as a reaction he is forced to give the rights of the printing press to Fust and Peter Schoffer (History.com Editors).

1447: Peter Schoffer uses the press to print a version of the book of psalms as an impact to gutenbergs actions (History.com Editors).

1465: The printing press was broght to Italy (History.com Editors).

1470: Printing Presses were set up in Paris, France, influenced by the spread of the press in Italy (History.com Editors).

1473: The press is given to Spain (History.com Editors).

1476: The press is set up in England (History.com Editors).

1495: The press is brought to Portugal (History.com Editors).

1605: The first newspaper was printed and distributed, because of the importance of the press (History.com Editors).