The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
June 8 Literary Facts
Vikings attack the Christian monastery at Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast, in the first major raid by the Scandinavian sea-raiders
Thomas Paine dies
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Gerard Manley Hopkins dies
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Marguerite Yourcenar is born
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George Lamming is born
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Bliss Carman dies
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Sara Paretsky is born
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