Gyrid Bårdsdatter

Born: ABT 1425 · Torsnes
Died: 1497 · Lydvo
Parents: Bård Sigurdson

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ABT 1425

Born

Torsnes, Jondal
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1440

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The printing press
Gyrid is 15

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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
Gyrid is 67

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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

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1497

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Lydvo, Voss, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Norge
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