To me, invention of printing press is the greatest event in world’s history.

In 1440, German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press, which has totally changed the world. It allowed easy assess to information and knowledge.

“A book that once would've belonged only to the rich -- nay, to a king -- can now be seen under a modest roof. ... There is nothing nowadays that our children ... fail to know."
Sebastian Brant

In less than 50 years after the invention of the printing press, fifteen million books had been flung into a world where previously scholars would travel miles to visit a library stocked with twenty hand-written volumes. And those books reflected some thirty thousand titles.

Isn’t it great………………….?


I would like to request every member of this forum to share his/her view regarding greatest date and its impact.Thanks