Calendar of Literary Facts
1856
- The skull of a Neanderthal man is uncovered near Dusseldorf, Germany
- The British-Persian War is fought, ending with the Peace of Paris
- The Anglo-Chinese War is fought for control of China
- Booker T. Washington is born (April 5)
- L. Frank Baum is born (May 15)
- H. Rider Haggard is born (June 22)
- Bernard Shaw is born (July 26)
