''Ephemerides Zagrabienses'' was the first
Croatia
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n newspaper, established in 1771 in
Zagreb
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. Fifty issues of the four-page newspaper in
Latin
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were published by Antun Jandera, a Czech-born printer. Little is known about its content, as there are no surviving copies.
By Jandera's late 1771 account, the editor of the newspaper had left, and others were not willing to step in, so the newspaper stopped receiving local news. The unnamed editor is believed to have been
Baltazar Adam Krčelić, a prominent chronicler of daily events.
Sources
Hrvatska pisana kultura - 18. stoljeće
Novine
Čeh nam je dao svjetlo, a sad nam brani ulazak u EU
Početci hrvatskoga novinstva i publicistike
Antun Jandera – izdavač prvih hrvatskih novina
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Newspapers established in 1771
Latin-language newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Croatia
History of Zagreb
18th century in Croatia
Mass media in Zagreb
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