The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
January 25 Literary Facts
Robert Burton dies
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Robert Burns is born
Explore: A Red, Red Rose, Robert Burns, Holy Willie's Prayer, Tam O'Shanter
Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf) is born
Explore: To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, What does "the Angel in the House" symbolize in Virginia Woolf's "Professions for Women"?
Alden Nowlan is born
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Gloria Naylor is born
Explore: The Women of Brewster Place, Mama Day, Gloria Naylor, Linden Hills
Jonathan Larson dies, the day before the off-Broadway opening of his rock opera Rent
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