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

Charles Lamb dies

Explore: Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia/Last Essays of Elia, Summary and Theme of Charles Lamb's "Dream Children"

Louis Bromfield is born

Zona Gale dies

Explore: Miss Lulu Bett, Zona Gale

Brendan Gill dies

Susan Sontag dies

Explore: The Way We Live Now, Against Interpretation and Other Essays, On Photography, Susan Sontag, What are the main points of Sontag's "Illness as Metaphor"?