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

August 16 Literary Facts

Ben Jonson dies

Explore: The Alchemist, Song: To Celia, Ben Jonson

Thomas Heywood dies

Explore: A Woman Killed with Kindness, Thomas Heywood

Wallace Thurman is born

Explore: The Blacker the Berry, Infants of the Spring

E. F. Schumacher is born

Charles Bukowski is born

Explore: Charles Bukowski, Post Office, Ham on Rye

Maurice Kenny is born

Explore: Maurice Kenny

Christopher Okigbo is born

Explore: Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo

Grazia Deledda dies

Graham Swift is born

Explore: Waterland, Graham Swift, Learning to Swim

Margaret Mitchell dies

Explore: Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell