Year
Event Keyword

1508
Active in Antwerp 1508-1544, master of Burgkmair, Cranach and NEGKER, JOST DE

Hans Baldung Grien. Believed to be the inventor of the colored

1508
The Emperor Maximilian on Horseback by Hans Burgkmair (1473- EARLIEST GERMAN COLOUR

1508
Earliest dated German color woodcut: The Emperor Maximilian on BURGKMAIR

Horseback by Hans Burgkmair (1473-1531)

1509
Narrenschiff, English adaptation Ship of Fools by Alexander NARRENSCHIFF

Barclay, based on the latin translation by Jacob Locher.

1510
Grolier was in Italy as a French legate from 1510-1537 GROLIER

1512
Mercator, Gerard, d.1592 (Gerhard Kremer) Cartographer, MERCATOR

mathematician. 1537 established a business as globe and map

1513
Fraktur, first book printed in this type, Prayer book of Maximilian the FRAKTUR

1514
Denmark Chronicle printed by Ascenius in Paris DENMARK CHRONICLE

1514
Denmark Chronicle printed by Ascenius in Paris ASCENIUS

1515
Manutius, year in which Manutius died MANUTIUS

1515
Be, Guillaume le, d.1598, punch maker, matrix maker and type BE

founder of Troyes

1516
Bible. Johan Froben of Basle published New Testament in Greek FROBEN

1516
Ugo da Carpi (1480-1532), obtained from the Signoria of Venice the WOODCUT, CHIAROSCURO

privilege for the chiaroscuro woodcut, which he claimed to have

invented, even though none of his woodcuts is dated earlier than

1516
(1480-1532), obtained from the Signoria of Venice the privilege for CARPI, UGO DA

the chiaroscuro woodcut, which he claimed to have invented, even

though none of his woodcuts is dated earlier than 1518.

1516
Bible. Johan Froben of Basle published New Testament in Greek BIBLE

1517
Luthers fight against the Roman Catholic church starts. This is LUTHER

considered to be the first revolution of ideas supported by the fast

and wide spread of written information thanks to the invention of

1517
Teuerdank for emperor Maximilian published in a type that is TEUERDANCK

considered to be a forerunner of the fraktur type. Book was printed

by Hans Schönsperger.

1520
Plantin, Christopher, d.1589 PLANTIN

1521
Cambridge University Press founded. CAMBRIDGE

1522
Luther, Melchior Lotter printed the first edition of Luthers' translation LOTTER

of the New Testament

1522
Luther, Melchior Lotter printed the first edition of Luthers' translation BIBLE

of the New Testament

1522
Luther, Melchior Lotter printed the first edition of Luthers' translation LUTHER

of the New Testament

1523
Holbein's Dance of Death drawn. HOLBEIN

1525
Laurenziana. Michelangelo erects building for the Bibliotheca LAURENZIANA

Laurenziana (De Medici collection)

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