The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 21 Literary Facts
Jean Racine dies
Explore: Andromache, Bérénice, Phaedra, Britannicus, Jean Racine
Charlotte Brontë is born
Explore: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, Why did Charlotte Bronte pretend to be a male author?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) dies
Explore: The Autobiography of Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain, What unique elements identify a passage as Mark Twain's style?
John Mortimer is born
Explore: A Voyage Round My Father, John Mortimer, Summer's Lease
Robert Bridges dies
Explore: Robert Bridges, Analysis of Robert Bridges' use of vivid imagery and figurative language in "London Snow."
A. W. Purdy dies
Explore: A(lfred) W(ellington) Purdy