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

Caroline Gordon is born

The Cuban Revolution, inspired by the works of José Martí, takes place, with Cuban nationals revolting against Spanish rule

Alexandre Dumas fils dies

Robert Hillyer is born

H. G. Wells publishes The Time Machine

Robert Graves is born

John Joseph Mathews is born

Stephen Crane publishes The Red Badge of Courage

Frank Howard Dodd and Harry Thurston Peck found The Bookman, a monthly review of literature, in New York

Frederick Douglass dies

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Edmund Wilson is born

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José Martí dies

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F. R. Leavis is born

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Michael Arlen is born