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

John Bunyan dies

Explore: The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Why isn't John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress considered a novel?

Charles Baudelaire dies

Explore: Hymn to Beauty, Charles Baudelaire, To the Reader, Flowers of Evil, In The Flowers of Evil, "To the Reader," which sin does Baudelaire consider the worst?

Lynn Riggs is born

Explore: The Cherokee Night, Green Grow the Lilacs, Lynn Riggs

William Saroyan is born

Explore: The Time of Your Life, The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy

Eldridge Cleaver is born

Explore: Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver

Dennis Lee is born

Harley Granville-Barker dies