Encyclopedia:
- Marjorie Daw (The Oxford Companion to American Literature)
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (The Oxford Companion to American Literature)
Calendar of Literary Facts:
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich dies
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich assumes the position of editor of the Atlantic Monthly, a role that he retains until 1890
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich publishes The Story of a Bad Boy
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich is born
