Oldest Newspapers

List of Oldest Newspapers

Avisa Relation oder Zeitung, the second oldest newspaper

 

Ordinari Post Tijdender, the world's oldest newspaper still published (since 1645)

Definition

    This list of the oldest newspapers sorts the newspapers of the world by the date of their first publication.

 

Date	Newspaper	Language	Place	Country/Region	Notes
1605	Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien	German	Strasbourg	Holy Roman Empire	World's first newspaper
1609	Avisa Relation oder Zeitung	German	Wolfenbüttel	Holy Roman Empire
1610	Name not given in source	German	Basel	Swiss Confederacy
1615	Name not given in source	German	Frankfurt	Holy Roman Empire
1617	Name not given in source	German	Berlin	Holy Roman Empire
1618	Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.	Dutch	Amsterdam	Dutch Republic	Considered the world's first broadsheet because it was published in folio instead of quarto-size size. Defunct 1664
1618	Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.	Dutch	Amsterdam	Dutch Republic	Considered the world's first broadsheet because it was published in folio instead of quarto-size size. Defunct 1664
1631	La Gazette	French	Paris	France	First French-language newspaper and first weekly magazine published in France. Existed between May 30, 1631 and September 30, 1915.
1641	Gazeta	Catalan	Barcelona	Spain	First Catalan-language newspaper and first periodical published in Iberian Peninsula. Only two issues were published.
1645	Ordinari Post Tijdender	Swedish	Stockholm	Sweden	Oldest still published newspaper in the world. Online-only since 2007.
1656	Weeckelycke Courante van Europa	Dutch	Haarlem	Dutch Republic	The name was changed to Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant in 1664. The newspaper merged with the Haarlems Dagblad in 1942, which is still published.
1661	La Gazeta	Spanish	Madrid	Kingdom of Spain	Until 2008 December, oldest print edition still published in the world, under the name "Boletín Oficial del Estado". From 2009, only online edition.
1661	Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny	Polish	Kraków	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Moved to Warsaw in May 1661, last issues published 22 July 1661.
1664	Gazzetta di Mantova	Italian	Mantua	Duchy of Mantua, Holy Roman Empire	Oldest private newspaper still published in the world, and oldest continuously published in print.
1665	Oxford Gazette	English	Oxford	England	From issue 24 in 1666, the paper was printed in London and renamed London Gazette; this is still published.
1666	Den Danske Mercurius	Danish	Copenhagen	Denmark
1702	Daily Courant	English	London	England	World first daily newspaper. Last issue in 1735, when it merged with the Daily Gazetteer.
1702	Vedomosti	Russian	Moscow	Russia	Moved to St. Petersburg in 1711, in 1728 renamed Sankt-Petersburgskie Vedomosti, in 1914 renamed Petrogradskie Vedomosti. Last issue in 1917.
1703	Wiener Zeitung	German	Vienna	Austria	Still published
1704	The Review	English	London	England	Founded by Daniel Defoe in 1704 as A Review of the Affairs of France. The Review ran three times a week without interruption until 1713.
1704	The Boston News-Letter	English	Boston, Massachusetts	Thirteen Colonies	Defunct
1705	Hildesheimer Relations-Courier	German	Hildesheim	Germany	Oldest surviving newspaper in Germany, nowadays published as Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung
1705	Mercurius Hungaricus	Hungarian	Hungary	Hungary	Oldest Hungarian newspaper, written in Latin, it had 7 issues and last printed in 1710
1709	The Tatler	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Founded by Richard Steele. Last issue in 1711.
1709	The Worcester Post-Man	English	Worcester	Kingdom of Great Britain	Published since 1753 as Berrow's Worcester Journal.[17] No evidence for claimed publication since 1690.[18]
1710	The Examiner	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Best known for the contributions by Jonathan Swift. Last issue in 1714.
1711	The Spectator	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Founded by Joseph Addison in 1711. Last issue in 1712.

 

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