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

Daniel Defoe is born

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David Hume is born

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Anita Loos is born

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson dies

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A. B. Guthrie Jr. dies

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Augusto Roa Bastos dies