First English Translation of Aesop

Date: March 26, 1484 • Location: London, United Kingdom

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.