Iye'cyss Gray History of Communications By isgray18@students.wfisd.net Period: Feb 5, 1400 to Feb 5, 2016 History of Communications Feb 5, 1446 1446: Gutenberg Printing Press Feb 8, 1468 William Caxton book with first printed ad. Feb 8, 1500 printing books & pamplets increase Feb 8, 1609 first newspaper in europe Feb 8, 1638 puritans establish cambridge press Feb 8, 1690 ben harris prints first colonial newspaper Feb 8, 1721 james franklin Feb 9, 1729 ben franklin Feb 9, 1731 ben fanklin founds first public library Feb 9, 1732 richard's almanack Feb 9, 1741 andrew bradford Feb 9, 1798 sedition act Feb 9, 1821 national magazines Feb 9, 1827 first african american newspaper Feb 9, 1828 sara josepha hale Feb 9, 1836 william mcguffey Feb 9, 1841 horace greeley Feb 9, 1844 first telegraph line Feb 9, 1852 harriet beecher Feb 9, 1857 james buchanan's inauguration first photograph Feb 9, 1858 first transatlantic cable Feb 9, 1865 abraham lincoln's assassination Feb 9, 1876 alexander graham Feb 5, 2026 Prediction: Commincate with Handheld Hologram