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

Arthur Rimbaud publishes Una Saison en enfer (A Season in Hell)

The economic Panic of 1873 results after the collapse of Jay Cooke’s banking establishment

The first color photographs are made

A financial panic strikes New York and Vienna

Mariano Azuela is born

Explore: The Underdogs, Mariano Azuela

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is born

Explore: Gigi, The Vagabond, Colette, The Collected Stories of Colette

Johannes V. Jensen is born

Explore: The Long Journey

Sheridan Le Fanu dies

Explore: Uncle Silas, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Green Tea

Ellen Glasgow is born

Explore: The Difference, Jordan's End, Barren Ground, Ellen Glasgow

Walter de la Mare is born

Explore: Walter de la Mare, The Listeners, Collected Poems, All but Blind, Can you explain the poem "All But Blind" by Walter De La Mare?

Henri Barbusse is born

Explore: Under Fire

Alexander Posey is born

Alfred Jarry is born

Explore: Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry

Mary Mapes Dodge founds St. Nicholas magazine for children

Willa Cather is born

Explore: My Antonia, Paul's Case, Willa Cather

Ford Madox Hueffer (later Ford Madox Ford) is born

Explore: The Good Soldier, Parade's End