Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Leipzig
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c. 100 BCE
Sima Qian lays the foundations for Chinese historical scholarship.- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
50 CE
In his work Naturalia Historia Pliny the Elder relays the natural history knowledge of his era. 100
Smoke telegraphy system created in the Roman empire – signals sent over a distance of several kilometres- Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien / Wikimedia Commons
- Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin / Wikimedia Commons
circa 400 CE
The theologian Augustine of Hippo writes his autobiographical writings, the Confessiones (Confessions). - Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Leiden
circa 554
Roman scholar Cassiodorus establishes the Vivarium monastery. 600
The Chinese print complete pages using the block printing technique (proofs).- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien / Wikimedia Commons
- Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Leipzig
789
Charlemagne orders the establishment monastery schools, in which writing among other things was to be learned. 800
first illuminated manuscripts in the scriptoria of European monasteries (Book of Kelts in Ireland)