1452 to 1456

Invention of printing in Europe

First movable type book pro­duced by Gutenberg in Germany, but pre­cedents in China in the 11th century. In China from the 11th century, clay movable types were used to print text. But a new mile­stone was truly reached when Gutenberg printed a Bible using metal movable type in the mid-​​15th century in Germany. Thanks to this tech­nique, it became pos­sible to reproduce books using mech­anical pro­cesses, thus facil­it­ating the dis­sem­in­ation and emer­gence of know­ledge across Europe.