Today in Writer History (Part 2)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 2,720
1681-06-26 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
1684-02-21 - Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
1685-06-30 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1685-12-17 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)
1686-08-19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
1688-02-04 - Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)
1689-01-18 - Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
1689-07-09 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
1692-02-14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
1692-02-25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
1694-09-22 - Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)
1694-12-22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
1695-04-08 - Johann C Gunther, writer
1696-10-13 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)
1700-09-30 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
1703-03-24 - Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer
1703-11-26 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
1704-01-01 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1704-02-12 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
1704-06-24 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
1706-03-04 - Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
1706-12-17 - Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
1706-12-17 - Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire)
1707-09-07 - George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history
1709-09-18 - Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide)
1710-10-24 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
1710-11-08 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
1710-12-02 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
1712-03-22 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
1713-04-12 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1714-02-26 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
1715-05-04 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
1715-08-06 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1715-11-05 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
1716-01-20 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
1716-12-16 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
1717-02-19 - David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)
1717-09-24 - Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto)
1717-12-16 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1718-05-23 - William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1718-07-18 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)
1718-09-08 - Francois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer
1719-10-17 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)
1720-01-13 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1720-03-13 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
1720-12-15 - J F Beck, writer
1721-03-19 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized
1722-02-19 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1722-09-22 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
1722-12-01 - A L Karschin, writer
1723-07-11 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)
1723-12-26 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
1724-01-24 - Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
1724-10-31 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
1725-04-02 - Casanova, writer
1725-04-05 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
1726-12-01 - Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
1728-02-29 - Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)
1728-03-22 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter
1729-01-22 - G E Lessing, writer
1729-04-21 - Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1730-01-03 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
1730-02-21 - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
1730-08-27 - Hamann, writer
1731-02-25 - Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer
1731-09-09 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)
1731-12-06 - S von Laroche, writer
1732-01-06 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
1732-11-09 - Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)
1733-07-22 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
1737-01-19 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
1737-09-21 - Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes)
1740-06-02 - Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
1740-08-15 - M Claudius, writer
1740-10-20 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women)
1741-12-10 - Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)
1742-07-01 - Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg)
1743-06-20 - Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns
1744-05-31 - Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath
1746-03-05 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1746-09-04 - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised
1747-01-15 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
1749-03-09 - Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
1749-08-31 - Radistschew, writer
1750-09-18 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
1751-01-12 - Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)
1753-02-07 - Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
1753-04-01 - Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
1754-11-26 - Georg Forster, writer
1756-03-03 - William Godwin, philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams)
1758-08-09 - Bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], writer
1758-09-01 - Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant
1759-04-27 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1759-05-06 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
1759-05-26 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1759-11-10 - Friedrich von Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
1760-05-10 - J P Hebel, writer
1760-10-01 - William Beckford, British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek)
1761-05-13 - Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
1761-07-25 - Charlotte von Kalb, German writer
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 200 of 2,101
1656-09-08 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
1658-11-15 - Jacobus Revius, [Reefsen], theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72
1658-12-06 - Gracian, writer, dies
1659-06-03 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)
1660-10-07 - Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
1661-08-07 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
1662-05-23 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
1664-07-16 - A Gryphius, writer, dies at 47
1665-09-12 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (b. 1596)
1667-05-02 - George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
1667-07-11 - John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried
1669-05-14 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
1669-05-16 - Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1673-12-15 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1674-02-22 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595)
1674-03-08 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
1674-06-14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
1676-07-25 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
1676-08-17 - Grimmelshausen, writer, dies
1676-10-28 - Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
1679-04-18 - Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
1679-10-12 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
1680-02-17 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
1680-03-17 - Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
1680-09-11 - Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)
1682-04-14 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621)
1682-09-08 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
1682-10-19 - Thomas Browne, English writer (b. 1605)
1683-01-15 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
1683-12-15 - Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
1686-04-19 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
1688-05-14 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
1690-10-03 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)
1691-02-01 - George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
1691-07-30 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
1692-11-06 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
1693-02-07 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
1693-04-09 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
1693-05-25 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
1693-12-13 - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
1695-03-05 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1696-04-17 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
1696-05-10 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)
1699-01-21 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
1701-03-15 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624)
1701-06-02 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
1701-09-15 - Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1703-05-16 - Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1704-04-12 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627)
1706-12-03 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)
1707-01-10 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
1707-06-16 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)
1708-04-30 - Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
1708-12-22 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
1709-12-01 - A Sancta Clara, writer, dies
1710-02-16 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
1711-03-19 - Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
1713-02-15 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies
1713-05-20 - Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1715-01-07 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651)
1715-02-25 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
1718-01-06 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1719-06-17 - Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47
1719-09-07 - John Harris, English writer
1719-09-21 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
1719-10-14 - Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59
1720-04-21 - Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
1723-02-26 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
1723-03-15 - Johann C Gunther, writer, dies at 27
1724-02-12 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
1724-10-02 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
1725-06-29 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
1727-08-06 - Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
1729-10-09 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
1731-12-26 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1734-02-01 - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
1735-04-05 - William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)
1735-09-18 - Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1736-07-16 - Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
1737-05-04 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
1742-03-23 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
1743-04-29 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)
1743-08-05 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)
1745-10-19 - Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies
1747-03-09 - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
1747-05-28 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
1748-11-25 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1749-08-13 - J E Schlegel, writer, dies
1749-12-10 - Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
1750-02-08 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
1750-05-03 - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
1750-06-15 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
1754-01-28 - Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
1754-05-14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
1754-12-12 - Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)
1755-02-10 - Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)
1755-03-02 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1756-02-25 - Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
1757-03-01 - Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
1761-07-04 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
