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

A massive cholera epidemic develops in Russia and spreads into Central Europe

Great Britain occupies the Falkland Islands, off the coast of Argentina

Troops under Mehemet Ali, Viceroy of Egpt, defeat Ottoman Turkish forces in Syria

George Sand publishes Indiana

John Richardson publishes Wacousta, or The Prophecy

Alfred de Vigny publishes Stello: Les consultations du Doctor-Noir (Stello: A Session with Doctor Noir)

The First Reform Act is passed by both houses of Britain’s Parliament, securing a marginally enlarged franchise

Horatio Alger, Jr. is born

Lewis Carroll is born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dies

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José Echegaray is born

Sir Walter Scott dies

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Louisa May Alcott is born

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is born

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