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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is born

Explore: Paul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, How does Longfellow use poetic elements in "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"?

Angelina Weld Grimke is born

Edna St. Vincent Millay is born

Explore: Wild Swans, Love is not all, Renascence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Identify the personification in lines 9 and 11 of "What lips my lips have kissed" by Millay. What effect does this have?

John Steinbeck is born

Explore: Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Red Pony, The Chrysanthemums, East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Peter De Vries is born

Explore: The Blood of the Lamb, Peter De Vries

Lawrence Durrell is born

Explore: The Alexandria Quartet, The Avignon Quintet, The Revolt of Aphrodite, Lawrence Durrell, In Durrell's Justine, how does the city influence the characters' personalities and justify their behavior?

Irwin Shaw is born

Explore: The Young Lions, Irwin Shaw, The Eighty-Yard Run, The Girls in Their Summer Dresses, Analysis of point of view and central idea in "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" by Irwin Shaw

Kenneth Koch is born

Explore: Paradiso, Kenneth Koch

N. Scott Momaday is born

Explore: House Made of Dawn, The Ancient Child, The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday, What styles and narrative devices are used in Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain?

Josephine W. Johnson dies