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

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is published

Dorothy Rothschild (Dorothy Parker) is born

Duncan Campbell Scott publishes The Magic House, and Other Poems

Jorge Guillén is born

Stephen Crane publishes Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Simon Pokagon publishes Red Man’s Rebuke

Donald Davidson is born

Karl Benz builds and conducts experiments with a four-wheel motorized car

Henry Ford builds and experiments with a primitive automobile

Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine

The Zulus revolt against colonial rule in South Africa, but are suppressed

Russel Crouse is born

Dorothy Parker is born.

Wilfred Owen is born

Explore: Wilfred Owen, Disabled

Anita Loos is born

Explore: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Dorothy L. Sayers is born

Explore: Busman's Honeymoon, Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers

Walter White is born

Guy de Maupassant dies

Explore: The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant, The Piece of String, Two Little Soldiers

Vladimir Mayakovsky is born

Explore: Vladimir Mayakovsky, The Bedbug