| 2nd half of 4th century |
The form of books shifted from scroll to codex. In Europe, Coptic binding came into use. |
| 2nd half of 7th century |
Celtic manuscripts, The Book of Durrow and The Lindisfarne Gospels were produced. |
| End of 8th century |
The Carolingian script started to be used. Around this time, raised band binding came into use. |
| 12th century |
Paper was first brought to Europe. Around this time, Gothic type began to be used. |
| c.1455 |
J. Gutenberg printed the 42-line Bible in Mainz. |
| c.1460 |
J. Mentelin started printing in Strassburg. |
| c.1461 |
The art of printing was brought to Bamberg. |
| c.1463 |
Costeriana began to be printed in The Netherlands. |
| 1465 |
C. Sweynheym and A. Pannartz used the first movable Roman type to print books in Subiaco. |
| c.1465 |
Printing was brought to Cologne. |
| 1467 |
Printing was brought to Rome and Eltville. |
| 1468 |
Printing was brought to Augsburg. |
| c.1468 |
Printing was brought to Basel. |
| 1469 |
Printing was brought to Venice. |
| c.1469 |
Printing was brought to Nuremberg. |
| 1470 |
Printing was brought to Paris. |
| c.1470 |
Printing was brought to Naples. |
| 1471 |
Printing was brought to Ferrara, Bologna and Speyer. |
| c.1471 |
Printing was brought to Milan and Florence. |
| 1472 |
Printing was brought to Mantua. |
| 1473 |
Printing was brought to Ulm, Lyons, Utrecht and Alost. |
| 1474 |
Printing was brought to Vicenza and Louvain. |
| 1475 |
Printing was brought to Barcelona and Saragossa. |
| 1476 |
Printing was brought to England (Westminster). |
| 1477 |
Printing was brought to Gouda and Deventer. |
| c.1477 |
Printing was brought to Zwolle and Seville. |
| c.1480 |
Printing was brought to Leipzig. |
| 1481 |
Printing was brought to Antwerp and Salamanca. |
| c.1485 |
Printing was brought to Rouen. |
| 1489 |
Printing was brought to Lisbon. |
| 1501 |
Italic type was first used. |
| 1537 |
Francis I of France issued the Ordinance of Montpellier to ensure the deposit of books published in France. |
| 1640 |
Germans celebrated the bicentennial of the invention of the art of printing. Mallincrodt's De ortu ac progressu artis typographicae was published. |
| 1688 |
Beughem's Incunabula typographiae, the first catalog of incunabula, was published. |
| 1719 |
Maittaire started to publish Annales typographici, the first catalog of incunabula in annals format (~1741) |
| 1722 |
Orlandi's Origine e progressi della stampa, the first research book on incunabula, was published. |
| 1740 |
In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the invention of the art of printing, Marchand's Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progress d'imprimerie was published. |
| 1749 |
Typographical antiquities, Ames's research book on the early history of printing in England, was published. |
| 1753 |
The British Museum was established in Great Britain. |
| 1798 |
Senefelder invented lithography in Germany. |
| 1826 |
The first volume of Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa ad annum MD, the first comprehensive catalog of incunabula, was published. Publication continued until 1838. |
| 1840 |
Falkenstein's Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst in ihrer Entstehung und Ausbildung was published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the art of printing. |
| 1891 |
W. Morris established the Kelmscott Press. |
| 1898 |
Proctor published the first volume of his An index to the early printed books in the British Museum: from the invention of printing to the year MD, an index to incunabula based on his type-classification method. Publication continued until 1906. |
| 1904 |
The editorial committee for GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Union Catalog of Incunabula) was formed. |
| 1905 |
The first volume of Haebler's complete guide to movable types, Typenrepertorium der Wiegendrucke, was issued. Publication continued until 1924. |
| 1907 |
Publication of a collection of facsimiles of incunabula types (Veröffentlichungen der GfT) began, and continued until 1939. |
| 1920 |
Schramm began publishing his Der Bilderschmuck der Fruhdrucke, a collection of woodcut illustrations from incunabula. Publication continued until 1943. |
| 1925 |
Volume 1 of GW was issued (see 1904). |
| 1940 |
Deutscher Buchdrucke im Jahrhundert Gutenbergs was published in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the invention of the art of printing. |
| 1980 |
The British Library began the work of entering data in its online union catalogue of incunabula ISTC. |
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