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

Christopher Marlowe dies

Explore: Doctor Faustus, Edward II, The Jew of Malta, Tamburlaine the Great, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe, Examination of Human Nature and Morality in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

Alexander Pope dies

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Voltaire dies

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A planned slave revolt, to be led by Denmark Vesey, is betrayed in Charleston, South Carolina

Countee Cullen is born

Explore: Countée Cullen, Imagery, language, and theme in Countee Cullen's poem "Incident."