List of the oldest newspapers
Europe

List of the oldest newspapers

Section Title: Europe
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Date	Newspaper	Language	Place	Country/Region	Notes

1605	Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien	German	Strasbourg	Holy Roman Empire	World's first weekly newspaper by Johann Carolus

1609	Avisa Relation oder Zeitung	German	Wolfenbüttel	Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire

1610	Name not given in source	German	Basel	Old Swiss Confederacy

1615	Name not given in source	German	Frankfurt	Holy Roman Empire

1617	Name not given in source	German	Berlin	Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire

1618	Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.	Dutch	Amsterdam	Holland, Dutch Republic	Considered the world's first broadsheet because it was published in folio instead of quarto size. Defunct 1664

1620	Nieuwe Tijdinghen	Dutch	Antwerp	Spanish Netherlands	May have been published as early as 1605. Defunct 1629

1631	La Gazette	French	Paris	France	First French-language newspaper and first weekly magazine published in France. Existed between 30 May 1631 and 30 September 1915.

1639	Genova (1639–1646)	Italian	Genoa	Republic of Genoa	Published from 1639 to 1646. Oldest newspaper of Italy in accordance with the oldest issue still preserved.

1640	Milano	Italian	Milan	Duchy of Milan	Published from 1640 to 1768

1642	Bologna	Italian	Bologna	Papal States	Published from 1642 to 1787

1645	Gazeta em Que Se Relatam as Novas Que Houve Nesta e Que vieram de Várias Partes	Portuguese	Lisbon	Portugal	First Portuguese newspaper

1645	Ordinari Post Tijdender	Swedish	Stockholm	Sweden	Oldest still published newspaper in the world. Online-only since 2007.

1650	Einkommende Zeitungen	German	Leipzig	Saxony, Holy Roman Empire	First worldwide daily newspaper, published by Timotheus Ritzsch

1656	Weeckelycke Courante van Europa	Dutch	Haarlem	Holland, 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 online edition only.

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[vague] 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-Norway

1675	Ordinari Freytags Post-Zeitung	German	Reval	Estonia, Swedish Empire	First newspaper in the modern Baltic states. Renamed to Ordinari Donnerstags Post-Zeitung in 1677. Last issue in 1678.

1677	Modona	Italian	Modena	Duchy of Modena	Published by Demetrio Degni from 1677 to 1701.

1686	Die Kuranten	Yiddish	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Biweekly that published international news in Yiddish and the first newspaper in Yiddish. Changed owner/publisher once.

1690	Berrow's Worcester Journal	English	Worcester	England	Still published - claims to be the oldest newspaper continually published up to the present day

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, Habsburg Monarchy	Still published

1705	Hildesheimer Relations-Courier	German	Hildesheim	Holy Roman Empire	Oldest surviving newspaper in Germany, nowadays published as Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung

1705	Mercurius Hungaricus	Latin	Levoča, Bardejov	Hungary, Habsburg Empire	Oldest Hungarian newspaper, issued by the insurgency command of Rákoczi's Uprising, 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. No evidence for claimed publication since 1690.

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.

1712	Stamford Mercury	English	Stamford	Kingdom of Great Britain	Claims to be "Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title"

1719	The Daily Post	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Founded by Daniel Defoe in 1719. The post consisted of articles that spoke of current events, important dates, inventions, advances in modern sciences, and other things of that nature.

1719	Pražské poštovské noviny	Czech	Prague	Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy	Weekly newspaper, published until 1819 (with a break in 1772–82).

1722	Gloucester Journal	English	Gloucester	Kingdom of Great Britain	First printed by Robert Raikes and William Dicey on Monday April 9, 1722, published weekly. Now called The Gloucester Gazette

1729	Salisbury Journal	English	Salisbury	Kingdom of Great Britain	First printed by William and Benjamin Collins, 1729, published weekly. Interrupted publishing in early days. Continuous since 1736.

1731	Gentleman's Magazine	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Published until 1922. First to use the term magazine.

1734	Lloyd's List	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Now online-only. Now covering shipping news, marine insurance and global trade. Oldest English-language daily newspaper still in existence

1735	Gazzetta di Parma	Italian	Parma	Duchy of Parma, Holy Roman Empire	Still published. First publishing date uncertain; oldest printed issue perhaps dated from 19 April 1735.

1737	The Belfast News Letter	English	Belfast	Kingdom of Ireland	Still published. Oldest newspaper in Ireland still in circulation and the oldest daily English language newspaper still in circulation.

1738	Feuille d'Avis de Neuchâtel	French	Neuchâtel	Old Swiss Confederacy	Still published – oldest French-language daily newspaper still in existence

1741	Il Nuovo Postiglione	Italian	Venice	Republic of Venice	Founded by Giambattista Albrizzi, it covered foreign affairs; published until 1816.

1747	The Press and Journal	English	Aberdeen	Kingdom of Great Britain	Still published

1749	Berlingske	Danish	Copenhagen	Denmark-Norway	Still published. Originally titled Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender

1749	Il Messaggiere	Italian	Modena	Duchy of Modena	Published up to 1859.

1752	Leeuwarder Courant	Dutch	Leeuwarden	Netherlands	Still published. Originally titled Leeuwarder Saturdagse Courant. The newspaper also publish articles in West Frisian.

1754	Yorkshire Post	English	Leeds	Kingdom of Great Britain	Still published

1758	Norrköpings Tidningar	Swedish	Norrköping	Sweden	Still published. Originally published weekly as Norrköpings Weko-Tidningar

1765	Monitor	Polish	Warsaw	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Founded by Ignacy Krasicki and Franciszek Bohomolec and supported by King Stanisław August Poniatowski

1767	Adresseavisen	Norwegian	Trondheim	Denmark-Norway	Still published. Originally titled Kongelig allene privilegerede Trondheims Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger

1767	Finns Leinster Journal	English	Kilkenny	Kingdom of Ireland

1771	Tidningar Utgifne Af et Sällskap i Åbo	Swedish	Turku	Finland	Published 1771–1778 and 1782–1785.

1772	Derry Journal	English	Derry and Donegal	Kigndom of Ireland	Still published bi-weekly. Originally titled London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser, changed to its current name in 1880

1772	Fyens Stiftstidende	Danish	Odense	Denmark-Norway	Still published. Originally titled Kongelig Privilegerede Odense Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger

1776	Gazeta Grodzieńska	Polish	Hrodna	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Considered to be the first newspaper in Belarus and the first local newspaper in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Last issue in 1783.

1776	Suomenkieliset Tieto-Sanomat	Finnish	Turku	Finland	Twice-monthly, 26 numbers were published.

1778	Notizie del mondo	Italian	Venice	Republic of Venice	Founded by Antonio Graziosi, it covered foreign affairs; published until 1815.

1780	Neue Zürcher Zeitung	German	Zürich	Switzerland	Still published. Originally titled Zürcher Zeitung. Renamed in 1821.

1783	The Herald	English	Glasgow	Kingdom of Great Britain	Still published

1785	The Times	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	Still published

1785	Il Corriere di Gabinetto Gazzetta di Milano	Italian	Milano	Duchy of Milan	Published from 1 July 1785 to 28 December 1797

1791	The Observer	English	London	Kingdom of Great Britain	The world's first Sunday newspaper. Still published.

1794	Århus Stiftstidende	Danish	Århus	Denmark-Norway	Still published. Originally titled Aarhus Stifts-Tidende.

1806	Tarto maa rahva Näddali-Leht	Estonian	Dorpat	Livonia, Russian Empire	Banned in the same year. First Estonian language newspaper.

1813	Göteborgs-Posten	Swedish	Gothenburg	Sweden	Still published.

1817	The Scotsman	English	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	Still published

1817	Journal de la Corse	French	Ajaccio	France	Still published

1818	The Westmorland Gazette	English	Kendal	United Kingdom	Still published

1821	The Guardian	English	Manchester	United Kingdom	Originally known as 'The Manchester Guardian'. Still published.

1824	Letopis Matice srpske	Serbian	Novi Sad, Budim	Serbia	Still published

1824	Åbo Underrättelser	Swedish	Åbo	Finland, Russian Empire	Still published.

1826	Le Figaro	French	Paris	France	Still published

1829	Curierul Românesc	Romanian	Bucharest	Wallachia, Ottoman Empire	Founded by Ion Heliade Rădulescu in April 1829. Last issue in 1859.

1829	Londonderry Sentinel	English	County Londonderry	United Kingdom	Founded in response to the Derry Journal's moderate stance on issues such as Catholic Emancipation. Originally called the Londonderry Sentinel and North West Advertiser.

1829	Albina Românească	Romanian	Iași	Moldavia, Ottoman Empire	Founded by Gheorghe Asachi in 1829. Last issue in 1850.

1830	Aftonbladet	Swedish	Stockholm	Sweden	Founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830. Still published.

1831	Takvim-i Vekayi	Turkish	Istanbul	Ottoman Empire	Also, Takvim-i Vekayi produced Armenian, Greek and Arabic language editions. Closed in 1891.

1835	O Açoriano Oriental	Portuguese	Ponta Delgada, Azores	Portugal	Still published

1843	The Economist	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published.

1844	Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant	Dutch	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Still published. The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (NRC) merged in 1970 with Algemeen Handelsblad (founded in 1828) into the NRC Handelsblad.

1846	L'Indépendant	French	Perpignan	France	Still published.

1847	Suometar	Finnish	Helsinki	Finland	Published 1847-1866, followed by Uusi Suometar 1869-1918 and Uusi Suomi 1919-1991. The web publication Uusi Suomi is not connected.

1848	Sydsvenskan	Swedish	Malmö	Sweden	Still published.

1848	Die Presse	German	Vienna	Austria	Still published

1853	Faro de Vigo	Spanish	Vigo	Spain	Still published. Oldest newspaper still published in Spain

1854	Surrey Comet	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published

1854	Comércio do Porto	Portuguese	Porto	Portugal	Established as the O Commercio, changed its name few months later. Last issue in July, 2005, after 151 years.

1855	The Daily Telegraph	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published

1855	A Aurora do Lima	Portuguese	Viana do Castelo	Portugal	Still published

1856	Hamagid	Hebrew	Ełk	East Prussia	First newspaper in Modern Hebrew language. Defunct 1903.

1856	Vasabladet	Swedish	Vaasa	Finland	Still published.

1857	Pärnu Postimees	Estonian	Pernau	Livonia, Russian Empire	Still published as Postimees

1859	Le Progrès	French	Lyon	France	Still published.

1859	La Nazione	Italian	Florence	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	Still published

1861	L'Osservatore Romano	Italian	Vatican City	Papal States	L'Osservatore Romano is the "semi-official" newspaper of the Holy See.

1863	Church Times	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published. The Church Times is an independent Anglican weekly newspaper.

1864	Dagens Nyheter	Swedish	Stockholm	Sweden	Founded by Rudolf Wall in 1864. Still published.

1864	Diario de Noticias	Portuguese	Lisbon	Portugal	Still published.

1864	Hufvudstadsbladet	Swedish	Helsinki	Finland	Still published.

1865	Il Sole 24 Ore	Italian	Milan	Italy	Still published.

1866	La Stampa	Italian	Turin	Italy	Still published.

1868	Manchester Evening News	English	Manchester	United Kingdom	Still published.

1870	Birmingham Mail	English	Birmingham	United Kingdom	Still published.

1870	La Dépêche du Midi	French	Toulouse	France	Still published.

1871	Keskisuomalainen	Finnish	Jyväskylä	Finland	Still published. Originally Keski-Suomi.

1873	Richmond and Twickenham Times	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published. The Richmond and Twickenham Times is a weekly London newspaper.

1873	Satakunnan Kansa	Finnish	Pori	Finland	Still published.

1873	Edinburgh Evening News	English	Edinburgh	Scotland	Still published.

1876	Il Corriere della sera	Italian	Milan	Italy	Still published.

1877	Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace	French	Strasbourg	France	Still published.

1879	The Liverpool Echo	English	Liverpool	United Kingdom	Still published.

1880	L'Eco di Bergamo	Italian	Bergamo	Italy	Still published.

1881	Aamulehti	Finnish	Tampere	Finland	Still published.

1881	The Evening News	English	London	United Kingdom	Considered the first popular newspaper in London. Published until 1980, and briefly again in 1987.

1882	El Pirineo Aragonés	Spanish	Jaca	Spain	Still published. First number April 23, 1882. Oldest Aragonese newspaper still published in the Autonomous Community of Aragon.

1884	Svenska Dagbladet	Swedish	Stockholm	Sweden	Still published.

1886	Lancashire Evening Post	English	Preston	United Kingdom	Still published.

1888	Financial Times	English	London	United Kingdom	Still published.

1888	Jornal de Noticias	Portuguese	Porto	Portugal	Still published.

1889	Helsingin Sanomat	Finnish	Helsinki	Finland	Still published. Started as Päivälehti, Helsingin Sanomat since 1905.

1889	L'Est Républicain	French	Nancy	France	Still published.

1891	Gazet van Antwerpen	Dutch	Antwerp	Flanders, Belgium	Still published

1891	La Nuova Sardegna	Italian	Sassari	Kingdom of Italy	Still published

1893	Lidové noviny	Czech	Brno	Moravia, Austria-Hungary	Still published today in Prague, the Czech Republic, familiarly known as "Lidovky".

1893	Congleton Chronicle	English	Congleton	England, United Kingdom	Still published today in Congleton Town, the United Kingdom"[1]".

1893	De Telegraaf	Dutch	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Still published. It is the largest newspaper in the Netherlands.

1894	Estia	Greek	Athens	Greece	Still published. Founded in 1874 as a magazine.

1895	Heraldo de Aragón	Spanish	Zaragoza	Spain	Founded on September 20, 1895. Still published, familiarly known as Heraldo.

1895	Työmies	Finnish	Helsinki	Finland	Finland's largest labour newspaper and one of the four major papers in its time. Ceased to publish in the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War in 1918.

1896	Daily Mail	English	London	United Kingdom	Second popular newspaper by Lord Northcliffe. Considered to have brought on a major change in the English newspaper market and started the trend for popular mass journalism.

1899	Kaleva	Finnish	Oulu	Finland	Still published.

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Gazzetta di Mantova is one of the World's oldest newspapers established in 1664.
Gazzetta di Mantova was established in 1664 making it one of World's oldest newspapers still existing.
Gazzetta di Mantova was established in 1664 making it one of the World's oldest newspapers.

final_sentence: Gazzetta di Mantova is one of the World's oldest newspapers established in 1664.
final_sentence: Gazzetta di Mantova was established in 1664 making it one of World's oldest newspapers still existing.
final_sentence: Gazzetta di Mantova was established in 1664 making it one of the World's oldest newspapers.