Events
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- 1403 – The Yongle Encyclopedia is commissioned in China.
- 1454 – Johann Gutenberg prints the Gutenberg Bible.
- 1476 – William Caxton sets up the first printing press in England, at Westminster.
- 1478 – The Ranworth Antiphoner is presented to St Helen's Church, Ranworth.
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