The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
December 4 Literary Facts
Thomas Hobbes dies
Explore: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil
John Gay dies
Explore: The Beggar's Opera, John Gay, The Shepherd's Week
Thomas Carlyle is born
Explore: Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Past and Present
Rainer Maria Rilke is born
Explore: Rainer Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory
Hannah Arendt dies
Explore: Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
May Swenson dies
Explore: Southbound on the Freeway, May Swenson