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| 768 |
| | | The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm | |
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| 868 |
| | | The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The rulers of Baghdad harness homing pigeons as postmen. | |
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| c. 1380 |
| | | Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze | |
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| 1456 |
| | | A copy of Europe's first book printed from movable type, the Gutenberg Bible, is completed in Mainz | |
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| 1653 |
| | | The English admiral Robert Blake introduces a system of signalling at sea by means of flags | |
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| 1838 |
| | | US inventor Samuel Morse gives the first public demonstration, in Philadelphia, of his electric telegraph | |
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| 1840 |
| | | Rowland Hill introduces in Britain the world's first postage stamps - the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Samuel Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail complete the first telegraph line, between New York and Baltimore | |
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