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

Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes

Gabriela Mistral publishes Sonetos de la muerte

Vachel Lindsay publishes The Congo and Other Poems

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling is published in English translation

S. E. K. Mqhayi publishes Ityala lamawele

The New Republic is founded in New York

World War I begins after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo

World War I, known at the time as The Great War, rages in Europe, pitting the Allies against the Central Powers

American Robert H. Goddard begins experiments in rocketry

The Panama Canal opens

Robert Frost publishes North of Boston

Sheldon Vanauken is born

H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan are named co-editors of The Smart Set, a magazine which brings them to national attention

Ambrose Bierce dies

Explore: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce

Dudley Randall is born

Explore: Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham

William Stafford is born

Explore: William Stafford

William S. Burroughs is born

Explore: Naked Lunch, Nova Express, William S. Burroughs

Ralph Ellison is born

Explore: Invisible Man, Battle Royal, Ralph Ellison

W. O. Mitchell is born

Explore: Who Has Seen the Wind, W. O. Mitchell

Frédéric Mistral dies

Tennessee Williams is born

Explore: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

Octavio Paz is born

Explore: Fable, My Life with the Wave, Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, What literary devices in Paz's "As One Listens to the Rain" and "Summit and Gravity" support each poem's main theme?

Paul Heyse dies

Marguerite Duras is born

Explore: India Song, The Lover, Marguerite Duras

Bernard Malamud is born

Explore: The Natural, The Magic Barrel, The First Seven Years, Bernard Malamud, Plot structure and narrative techniques in "The Magic Barrel" by Bernard Malamud

Randall Jarrell is born

Explore: The Bat Poet, Randall Jarrell, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

John Hersey is born

Explore: Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano, John Hersey

Wyndham Lewis publishes the first issue of Blast, a magazine dedicated to promoting Vorticism.

Explore: Wyndham Lewis, Vorticism

Laurie Lee is born

Explore: Laurie Lee, Compare and contrast the themes, style, and attitudes in Robert Frost's "After Apple Picking" and Laurie Lee's "Apples".

Charlotte L. Forten Grimke dies

Julio Cortázar is born

Explore: Julio Cortázar

Nicanor Parra is born

Explore: Nicanor Parra

William H(oward) Armstrong is born

Explore: Sounder, William H. Armstrong, How does Sounder begin and what conflicts are introduced immediately?

Adolfo Bioy Casares is born

Explore: The Invention of Morel, Adolfo Bioy Casares

Brendan Gill is born

Thor Heyerdahl is born

Explore: Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl

John Berryman is born

Explore: John Berryman, What is the meaning of John Berryman's poem Winter Landscape?

Dylan Thomas is born

Explore: Dylan Thomas, A Story, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Howard Fast is born

Explore: Howard Fast, April Morning

Owen Dodson is born