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

Phillis Wheatley dies

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Christina Rossetti is born

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Alexandre Dumas père dies

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Wladyslaw Reymont dies

John A. Williams is born

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Vachel Lindsay dies

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Joan Didion is born

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Lewis Nkosi is born

Edward Lewis Wallant dies

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