Relationis 1664

1664

"Extra ordinariae relationes" ("Extraordinary News"), a newspaper written in Latin, is already working with its own reporters in The Hague, London, Paris, Brussels and Vienna.
1763

1763

The Thurn- und Taxis Postal Service transfers the production of the "Kaiserliche Reichs-Ober-Post-Amts-Zeitung" to the Gereon Arnold Schauberg Print Works

1802

The heirs of Schauberg acquire "Kölnische Zeitung" printed by them from Köntgen.
1805

1805

Marcus DuMont acquires "Kölnische Zeitung" and the print works for 1400 reichstalers.

1833

Newspaper printing for the first time on a rapid press (König und Bauer).

1837

As first German newspaper, "Kölnische Zeitung" introduces feature pages.
1847

1847

Relocation to Breite Straße - 62 employees - 9.500 subscribers

1849

MDS sets up a Paris-Brussels-Aachen pigeon post for the faster transmission of stock market prices.
"Kölnische Zeitung" publishes the first news transmitted by telegraph.
1960

1860

The scope of the small ads section overtakes that of the editorial section.
1876

1876

"Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" appears for the first time, originally a small ads supplement of "Kölnische Zeitung", which casts its feathers in 1890 to become an independent newspaper and three years later already reaches a circulation of 44,500 copies.
100 Jahre 1902

1902

The printing company M.DuMont Schauberg celebrates its 100-year existence