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1398 CE - 1468 CE: Life of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press.
1418 CE: Johannes Gutenberg is enrolled at University of Erfurt.
1439 CE: Johannes Gutenberg's business venture of mirrors sold to pilgrims fails.
1440 CE: To appease investors in his mirror business, Gutenberg unveils his printing press.
1450 CE: Gutenberg's printing press is operating in Mainz.
1456 CE: Gutenberg prints the Bible.
1456 CE: Gutenberg's main investor, Fust, calls in the debt he owes, sues him, and takes over the printing press.
1465 CE: Gutenberg is recognized as inventor of the printing press and given an annual stipend.
1468 CE: Gutenberg dies in obscurity and relative poverty.