The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

Samuel Johnson dies

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Friedrich Hebbel dies

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Kenneth Patchen is born

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Jacinto Benavente’s drama La malquerida (The Passionflower) is produced

Kenneth Millar is born

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James Wright is born

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Compulsory expropriation of Jewish businesses, shops, and industries becomes lawful in Germany, after the enactment of a decree on “Aryanization”