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

Archbishop Thomas à Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

Christina Rossetti dies

Explore: Remember, Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti, Uphill, Symbolism and theme in Christina Rossetti's "Uphill"

William Gaddis is born

Explore: The Recognitions, Carpenter's Gothic, William Gaddis

Rainer Maria Rilke dies

Explore: Childhood, Archaic Torso of Apollo, Letters to a Young Poet