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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born

Explore: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, Confessions

Luigi Pirandello is born

Explore: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello, War

Eric Ambler is born

Explore: A Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler

Mark Helprin is born

Explore: Perfection, A Soldier of the Great War, Mark Helprin

Mortimer Adler dies