Today in Writer History (Part 3)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
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Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 2,720
1762-01-23 - Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
1762-10-30 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)
1763-01-29 - J G Seume, writer
1763-03-21 - Jean Paul, writer
1764-02-15 - Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
1766-07-09 - J Schopenhauer, writer
1766-12-01 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1767-08-25 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1767-10-23 - H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer
1768-11-30 - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
1769-02-04 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
1769-08-30 - Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
1770-03-20 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
1770-03-28 - Sophie Mereau, writer
1771-09-17 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816)
1772-01-04 - Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1772-03-10 - Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)
1772-05-02 - Novalis, writer
1773-04-09 - Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824
1773-05-31 - Ludwig Tieck, writer
1773-07-13 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)
1774-10-18 - Adolfs Muller, writer
1774-11-24 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1775-01-30 - Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)
1775-08-26 - William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1776-01-24 - Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
1778-11-25 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1780-04-29 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
1780-08-19 - Baranger, writer
1781-01-26 - Achim v Arnim, writer
1781-01-30 - A v Chamisso, writer
1781-03-13 - Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel)
1782-03-04 - Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson)
1782-06-19 - Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)
1782-10-11 - Steen Steensen Blicher, Denmk, poet/short-story writer (E Binddstouw)
1782-11-13 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
1783-01-23 - Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
1783-01-23 - Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
1783-04-03 - Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
1783-09-08 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
1784-10-19 - Leigh Hunt, British writer (Lord Byron)
1785-04-04 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
1785-05-18 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
1785-07-14 - Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (d. 1851)
1785-08-15 - Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
1786-05-06 - Ludwig Borne, writer
1786-09-18 - Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
1786-10-30 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (d. 1871)
1787-04-26 - Ludwig Uhland, writer
1787-12-16 - Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
1787-12-28 - Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao
1788-03-01 - Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician
1790-05-12 - [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1790-10-21 - Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)
1790-10-30 - Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer
1791-04-24 - Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
1791-09-20 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)
1792-06-19 - Gustav Schwab, writer
1793-03-03 - Ch Sealsfield, writer
1793-03-11 - Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist
1793-07-20 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1794-05-17 - Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
1795-02-08 - Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
1795-09-06 - Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)
1796-04-24 - K L Immermann, writer
1796-06-22 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]
1796-07-03 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
1796-10-04 - John Richardson, Canadian writer (Wacousta, or the prophecy)
1796-10-24 - August v Platen, writer
1797-01-10 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
1797-03-27 - Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)
1797-10-04 - J Gotthelf, writer
1798-01-14 - Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer
1798-04-02 - H v Fallersleben, writer
1798-06-21 - Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
1799-05-26 - Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1799-06-06 - Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)
1801-04-11 - Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
1801-12-11 - Grabbe, writer
1802-01-06 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
1802-09-13 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)
1802-11-29 - Wilhelm Hauff, writer
1803-01-15 - Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
1803-03-14 - F G Klopstock, writer
1803-04-07 - Flora Tristan, writer
1803-08-13 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1803-11-14 - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
1804-05-05 - Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1804-12-23 - Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)
1805-02-04 - William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
1805-03-16 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1805-07-29 - Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)
1805-09-02 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1805-09-06 - Horatio Greenough, US, neo-classical sculptor/writer (Form & Function)
1806-01-20 - Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
1806-07-20 - John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)
1807-06-30 - Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer)
1807-07-22 - Karolina Pawlowa, writer
1808-05-22 - G de Nerval, writer
1808-06-27 - Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 300 of 2,101
1762-06-17 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
1762-08-21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
1763-02-12 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
1764-05-10 - Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1764-09-23 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
1766-12-12 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)
1768-03-01 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
1768-03-18 - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1768-05-16 - Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1769-12-13 - C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
1772-03-26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
1773-01-21 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
1773-05-15 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
1773-08-03 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
1773-08-22 - George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
1773-11-16 - John Hawkesworth, English writer
1774-08-11 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1775-06-23 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
1775-11-21 - John Hill, British writer
1776-04-29 - Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)
1778-05-30 - Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42
1778-07-03 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies
1778-08-14 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
1778-08-28 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
1779-06-29 - Anton R Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter Madrid, dies at 51
1781-02-15 - G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52
1783-09-06 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (b. 1710)
1784-07-30 - Denis Diderot, writer, dies at 70
1784-07-31 - Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies
1784-12-13 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)
1785-04-14 - William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)
1785-11-18 - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
1787-12-18 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
1788-03-29 - Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies
1789-01-23 - Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
1790-06-29 - Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
1790-12-12 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)
1791-04-19 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1791-05-09 - Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1791-10-10 - C F D Schubart, writer, dies
1791-10-12 - A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68
1792-05-24 - Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies
1792-08-25 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1794-04-13 - Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (b. 1741)
1794-06-08 - G A Borger, writer, dies
1795-04-30 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1796-03-06 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)
1797-03-02 - Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79
1797-07-11 - Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
1798-01-22 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
1798-02-13 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1798-02-25 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
1798-06-04 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian womanizer and writer (b. 1725)
1799-02-24 - Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56
1799-12-31 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)
1800-03-29 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)
1801-03-25 - Novalis, writer, dies at 28
1801-09-01 - Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies
1802-09-24 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1803-02-18 - J W L Gleim, writer, dies
1803-06-22 - Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies
1803-08-28 - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
1803-10-08 - Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
1803-11-05 - Ch de Laclos, writer, dies
1804-05-24 - Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
1804-11-23 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
1805-05-09 - Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
1805-08-03 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
1805-11-08 - Francois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
1805-12-27 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1806-02-19 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
1806-10-31 - Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36
1807-02-18 - S von Laroche, writer, dies at 75
1807-04-18 - Erasmus Darwin, physician/writer (Influence), dies
1807-12-19 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)
1808-05-28 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1808-09-05 - John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
1808-09-13 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (b. 1718)
1809-06-08 - Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1809-09-07 - Karoline Schelling, writer, dies
1810-06-13 - J G Seume, writer, dies at 47
1811-01-08 - Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
1812-02-06 - Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
1812-11-15 - Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
1813-01-20 - C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79
1814-01-21 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)
1814-06-15 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84
1814-09-22 - A W Iffland, writer, dies
1814-12-02 - Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74
1815-01-21 - M Claudius, writer, dies at 74
1816-08-09 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
1817-07-18 - Jane Austen, writer, dies
1817-10-16 - Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
1818-02-28 - Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
1819-03-10 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies
1819-03-23 - August v Kotzebue, writer, dies
1819-06-26 - Slome Duikelar, [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies
1821-02-23 - John Keats, writer, dies at 25
1821-02-26 - Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
1822-04-03 - Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
