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

Francis Bacon dies

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The first independent black denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is organized

Charles Baudelaire is born

Explore: Hymn to Beauty, Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil

Edward Thomas dies

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Paule Marshall is born

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Imre Kertesz is born

Explore: Kaddish for a Child Not Born, Imre Kertész, Fatelessness

Richard Condon dies

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