Gutenberg Anniversaries - not all that they seem? The date of 24 August is often claimed as the anniversary of the Gutenberg Bible, the first European book printed with moveable type. The date is not in fact the anniversary of the printing being comp...

📖 #OTD in #History 24 Aug 1456, #TheGutenbergBible is traditionally celebrated as having been finished and bound as the first European movable type printed book by #JohannesGutenberg. However, this article points out the uncertainty of the anniversary: blogs.bl.uk/european/202...