Front page of the first Avisa, Relation oder Zeitung (15th January 1609).
Avisa Relation oder Zeitung was one of the first news-periodicals in the world. It was published in Augsburg, Germany in 1609. The printer/publisher is not known. The first issue states that the news had been collected from various countries by January 15. It is presumed that the pamphlet was printed on or about that date.[1] Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Some books mention the Avisa as the world's first newspaper.[2] Before 2005 there was a dispute whether the Avisa or the Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, which was printed in Strasbourg by Johann Carolus, was first. It was believed that both started in 1609. New evidence found in 2005 suggests that the Relation started as early as 1605.[3] City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Alsace Department Bas-Rhin (67) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) City Statistics Land area¹ 78. ... Johann Carolus was the publisher of the first newspaper in print, called Relation aller fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien (Collection of all distiguished and commemorateable news). ... 1605 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
There is also a differing view, which doesn't regard either of these two pamphlets as newspapers. Authors like Stanley Morison[4] make a distinction between these newsbooks and later folio-sized newspapers. Stanley Morison (May 6, 1889—October 11, 1967) was an English typographer and literary editor. ... The size of a specific book is measured from the head to tail of the spine, and from edge to edge across the covers. ...
References
^ Morison, S. (1980) The Origins of the Newspaper. In Selected Essays on the History of Letter-Forms in Manuscript and Print, (Ed, McKitterick, D.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
^ For example: Chappell, W. & Bringhurst R.: "Short History of the Printed Word", pp. 141-143. Hartley & Marks, Vancouver 1999.
^ Morison, S. (1980) The Origins of the Newspaper. In Selected Essays on the History of Letter-Forms in Manuscript and Print, (Ed, McKitterick, D.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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