The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg
The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg
The facts
| Dates | AD 1454 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg falls 5458 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
Aztec empireAD 1400 – AD 1519Inca empire 1400 Pueblo people gathern large townsAD 1438 – AD 1538The construction of Machu PicchuAD 1450The fall of ConstantinopleAD 1453Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the AmericasAD 1492Zapotecs (Monte Alban, Mixtla)AD 1500Michelangelo finishes the Sistine Chapel ceilingAD 1512The Protestant ReformationAD 1517
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