William Caxton
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
6 dated entries naming William Caxton, drawn from 6 separate years between 1422 CE and 1490 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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15th century
- 1422probable – William Caxton, English printer (d. c. 1491)source
- 1473Possible date – Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton, in Bruges.source
- 1475Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges (or 1473–74?).source
- 1477November 18 – William Caxton produces Earl Rivers' translation into English of Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, at his press in Westminster, the first full-length book printed in England on a printing press.source
- 1484March 26 – William Caxton, the first printer of books in English, prints his translation of Aesop's Fables in London.source
- 1490June 15 – English printer William Caxton prints his English language translation of the French book, Ars moriendi, which he renders as The art and crafte to knowe well to dye.source
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- Bruges (2)
- Westminster (1)
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