| | 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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