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

Napoleon’s French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces at the Battle of Austerlitz

William Harrison Ainsworth is born

Hans Christian Andersen is born

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Friedrich Schiller dies

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The British fleet under Horatio Nelson defeats French naval forces at the Battle of Trafalgar

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