Calendar of Literary Facts
1875
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s En fallit (The Bankrupt) is produced
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s Redactøren (The Editor) is produced
- Mary Baker Eddy publishes Science and Health, a founding document of Christian Science
- S. E. K. Mqhayi is born (December 1)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs is born (September 1)
- Hans Christian Andersen dies (August 4)
- Rainer Maria Rilke is born (December 4)
- Thomas Mann is born (June 6)
- Thomas Mofolo is born (December 22)
- John Buchan is born (August 26)
- Grazia Deledda is born (September 27)