Dorothea of Brandenburg

Born: abt 1430 · Brandenburg
Died: 10 Nov 1495 · Kalundborg

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abt 1430

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Brandenburg, Tyskland
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1440

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The printing press
Dorothea is 10

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Johann Gutenberg developed a way of casting letters as loose, reusable type. Books and printed matter could now be made in large numbers.

Source: Johann Gutenberg

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1492

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Columbus reaches America
Dorothea is 62

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Christopher Columbus reached land on an island he called San Salvador – the beginning of the European exploration of the Americas.

Source: Kristoffer Columbus

Picture: John Vanderlyn · Public domain
10 Nov 1495

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Kalundborg, Region Sjælland, Danmark
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