Events Tagged: "library"

Ashurbanipal becomes king - creates world's first library at Nineveh with 30,000 tablets

Library of Alexandria founded - Ptolemy I creates greatest library of ancient world, 400,000 scrolls

Alcuin born in Northumbria - near York, will become greatest scholar of his age

Alcuin becomes deacon and teacher at York - never becomes priest, builds York library into best in Europe

Cluny's library becomes one of largest in Europe with over 570 manuscripts, making it major center of learning and theological study

Cosimo de' Medici founds Biblioteca Medicea (Medici Library) - first European library open to public

Matthias Corvinus becomes king, creates Europe's second largest library and professional Black Army

Jesuits recover Heidelberg Library - Frederick's hermetic paradise destroyed - 3,500 manuscripts sent to Vatican - 'Jesuits conquered through learning what they could not by force'

Melvil Dewey founds Library Bureau to supply library and office equipment - pioneers modern filing supplies