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Calendar of Literary Facts

1791: Eugene Scribe is born

1814: U.S. and British representatives sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812

1822: Matthew Arnold is born

1863: William Makepeace Thackeray dies

1881: Juan Ramón Jiménez is born

1929: Mary Higgins (Clark) is born

1946: Eric Van Lustbader is born

1994: John Osborne dies