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1609:
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First regularly published newspaper appears in Germany.
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1609:
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El Greco's View of Toledo
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1627:
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France introduces registered mail.
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1631:
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A French newspaper carries classified ads.
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1631:
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"Wicked" Bible of 1631 (look for a
missing "not")
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1635:
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Velázquez's Prince Balthasar
Carlos
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1639:
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In Boston, someone is appointed to deal with foreign mail.
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1639:
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First printing press in the American colonies.
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1640:
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Kirchner, a German Jesuit, builds a magic lantern.
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1650:
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Leipzig has a daily newspaper.
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1653:
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Parisians can put their postage-paid letters in mailboxes.
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1659:
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Londoners get the penny post.
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1661:
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Postal service within the colony of Virginia.
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1673:
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Mail is delivered on a route between New York and Boston.
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1689:
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Newspapers are printed, at first as unfolded "broadsides."
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1696:
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By now England has 100 paper mills.
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1698:
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Public library opens in Charleston, S.C.
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