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Limits RegistryJohannes Gutenberg completed his mechanical movable-type printing press around 1440 in Mainz, Germany, and printed his famous 42-line Bible around 1455 — a technology that dramatically reduced the cost of producing books and is widely credited as a key catalyst for the Renaissance, Reformation, and the spread of literacy across Europe. (Movable type had been independently invented earlier in China and Korea, but Gutenberg's press was the version that transformed European society.)
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Johannes Gutenberg completed his mechanical movable-type printing press around 1440 in Mainz, Germany, and printed his famous 42-line Bible around 1455 — a technology that dramatically reduced the cost of producing books and is widely credited as a key catalyst for the Renaissance, Reformation, and the spread of literacy across Europe. (Movable type had been independently invented earlier in China and Korea, but Gutenberg's press was the version that transformed European society.)
The year Johannes Gutenberg completed his mechanical movable-type printing press in Europe.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-PRINTING-PRESS. Invention of the movable-type printing press. 2026.