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

Aphra Behn dies

Explore: The Rover, Oroonoko, Aphra Behn, The Disappointment

Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault (“Anatole France”) is born

J. M. Synge is born

Explore: The Playboy of the Western World, In the Shadow of the Glen, Riders to the Sea, J. M. Synge

Kingsley Amis is born

Explore: Difficulties with Girls, Lucky Jim, The Green Man, Kingsley Amis

Ralph Ellison dies

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