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

George Meredith publishes The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative

Henrik Ibsen’s Et Dukkehjem: Skuespil i tre akter (Nora) is produced

E. M. Forster is born

The Zulu War rages in southern Africa; the Zulus are defeated by the British

In the “Nitrate War,” Chile defeats Peru and Bolivia over control of the region’s saltpetre mines

Felix Paul Greve (later Frederick Philip Grove) is born

James Branch Cabell is born

Wallace Stevens is born

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Thomas Edison invents the electric light bulb

Will Rogers is born

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Vachel Lindsay is born

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Josef Stalin is born

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