Calendar of Literary Facts

1868

  • The Spanish Revolution takes place; Queen Isabella II abdicates
  • The skeleton of a creature identified as Cro-Magnon man is uncovered in France
  • Anton Roman and Bret Harte found The Overland Monthly in San Francisco
  • Luther Standing Bear is born
  • Lao Tzu’s Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of “the Old Philosopher,” Lau-Tsze (also known as the Tao te ching) is published in English
  • Louisa May Alcott publishes Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
  • Edmond Rostand is born (April 1)
  • Wladyslaw Reymont is born (May 2)
  • Mary (Hunter) Austin is born (September 9)
  • Edgar Lee Masters is born (August 23)
  • W. E. B. Du Bois is born (February 23)
  • The U.S. Congress passes the Fourteenth Amendment, making blacks American citizens (July 28)