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