Calendar of Literary Facts
June 18...
1812: The U.S. declares war on Great Britain in the name of “Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights,” commencing the War of 1812
1815: Allied troops under the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeat Napoleon’s French forces at the Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon is exiled to the isle of St. Helena
1835: William Cobbett dies
1871: Leonid (Nikolaevich) Andreyev is born
1932: Geoffrey Hill is born
1937: Gail Godwin is born
1982: John Cheever dies
