Today in Writer History (Part 4)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
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Famous Birthdays
Results 301 - 400 of 2,720
1808-11-02 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
1809-01-01 - John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)
1809-03-03 - Sophia Hawthorne, writer
1809-03-31 - Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
1809-04-01 - Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General)
1809-07-08 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1810-03-27 - A Glabbrenner, writer
1810-04-06 - Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
1810-05-29 - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1810-06-17 - F Freiligrath, writer
1810-11-07 - Fritz Reuter, writer
1810-12-11 - Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)
1811-01-09 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
1811-08-30 - Thomas Gautier, writer
1811-08-31 - Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)
1812-01-15 - Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
1812-04-06 - Aaron Bernstein, writer
1812-04-06 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
1812-05-23 - Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1812-06-18 - Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
1813-02-11 - Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
1813-03-18 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer
1813-03-20 - Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)
1814-01-10 - Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
1814-08-28 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
1814-09-08 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
1814-09-13 - Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=
1814-10-03 - Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)
1815-08-02 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
1815-08-29 - Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1815-10-17 - Emanuel Geibel, writer
1816-07-13 - Gustav Freytag, writer
1817-01-31 - Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
1817-04-18 - George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1817-05-31 - Georg Herwegh, writer
1817-08-24 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1817-08-24 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1817-09-05 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS]
1818-02-12 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)
1818-09-13 - Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste)
1818-10-22 - Leconte de Lisle, writer
1819-02-08 - John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
1819-02-15 - Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)
1819-02-19 - Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
1819-07-19 - Gottfried Keller, writer
1819-09-06 - Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi)
1819-12-30 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (Effi Briest)
1820-02-02 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
1820-03-02 - Multatuli, writer
1820-03-03 - Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
1821-02-11 - Hermann Allmers, writer
1821-03-23 - Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)
1821-07-03 - F Kornberger, writer
1821-09-27 - Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Grains de Mil)
1821-11-11 - F M Dostojewski, writer
1821-12-10 - Nekrassow, writer
1822-02-08 - Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
1822-04-26 - Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
1822-05-20 - Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo)
1822-05-26 - E de Goncourt, writer
1822-10-15 - Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer
1823-03-14 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
1823-06-30 - Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors)
1823-08-11 - Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
1825-01-11 - Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878
1825-01-21 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1825-10-11 - C F Meyer, writer
1826-01-06 - Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
1826-02-16 - Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus)
1826-04-20 - Dina M Craik, writer
1826-08-06 - Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1826-12-18 - Charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)
1827-09-05 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)
1827-10-21 - Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
1827-11-17 - Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)
1828-02-14 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
1828-05-08 - Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
1828-05-12 - D G Rossetti, writer
1828-08-28 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS]
1828-10-08 - Francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic
1828-12-23 - Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet (Tagebuchblatter)
1829-02-13 - Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
1829-05-01 - Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
1829-06-12 - Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1829-07-05 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1829-07-08 - Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1830-01-02 - Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer
1830-03-15 - Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)
1830-03-26 - Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
1830-05-20 - Hector H Malot, French writer (Without Family)
1830-09-13 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)
1831-01-26 - Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)
1831-02-16 - Nikolai Leskow, writer
1831-03-23 - Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
1831-03-29 - Amelia Barr, writer
1831-06-26 - Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace)
1831-07-09 - Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer
1831-12-22 - Mark Rutherford, writer
1832-06-10 - Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)
1832-10-12 - Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)
Famous Deaths
Results 301 - 400 of 2,101
1822-06-25 - Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
1824-02-08 - Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71
1824-05-26 - Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)
1824-06-21 - Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773)
1825-04-10 - Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53
1825-04-16 - John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84
1825-11-14 - Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1826-04-03 - Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies
1826-06-03 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
1826-09-22 - J P Hebel, writer, dies at 66
1826-10-03 - Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1827-06-26 - Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies
1827-11-18 - Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24
1830-01-17 - W Waiblinger, writer, dies
1830-12-08 - H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831-01-21 - Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1832-03-22 - J W Goethe, writer, dies at 82
1832-09-21 - Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies
1833-05-10 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74
1834-07-25 - S T Coleridge, writer, dies at 61
1834-09-16 - Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies
1835-03-25 - Friederike Blum, writer, dies
1835-05-16 - Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1835-12-05 - August v Platen, writer, dies at 39
1836-04-07 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
1836-09-12 - Grabbe, writer, dies at 34
1837-02-10 - Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
1837-02-12 - Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50
1837-02-13 - Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809
1837-06-14 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
1837-06-19 - Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle
1838-04-17 - J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1838-08-21 - A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1839-04-11 - John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59
1840-08-25 - K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
1841-01-03 - Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82
1841-04-29 - A Bertrand, writer, dies
1841-05-20 - Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
1841-10-09 - Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60
1842-03-24 - Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59
1842-04-07 - Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
1842-07-28 - C Brentano, writer, dies at 63
1842-10-02 - William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1842-12-07 - Thomas Hamilton, Scottish writer (b. 1789)
1844-09-27 - Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies
1844-10-12 - Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies
1844-11-14 - Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
1845-05-02 - August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
1845-05-15 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1846-01-10 - Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
1846-02-09 - Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies
1846-02-22 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [OS]
1846-03-06 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]
1847-05-20 - Mary Lamb, writer, dies
1848-05-25 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
1848-05-31 - Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
1848-06-27 - Zschokke, writer, dies
1849-09-03 - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies
1849-10-07 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b. 1809)
1850-01-27 - J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
1850-08-18 - H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
1850-08-22 - Nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48
1851-01-19 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
1851-05-22 - Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755)
1851-08-01 - William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
1852-02-25 - Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies
1852-03-04 - Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer and playwright, dies at 43
1852-04-02 - Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
1852-05-12 - John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
1852-09-14 - James F Cooper, writer, dies at 62
1853-04-28 - Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79
1854-02-17 - Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
1854-04-15 - Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
1854-10-22 - J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57
1854-12-09 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)
1855-01-25 - Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83
1855-01-26 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
1855-05-27 - Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
1856-08-29 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
1856-08-30 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
1857-07-29 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
1859-01-20 - B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
1859-04-30 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
1859-07-20 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1859-08-10 - George Staunton, writer
1859-09-28 - Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
1859-12-16 - Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1860-05-14 - Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
1861-05-09 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
1861-06-29 - Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55
1862-02-21 - Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
1862-05-06 - Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1862-11-13 - Ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75
1863-09-20 - Jakob Grimm, writer, dies at 78
1863-12-13 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
1863-12-24 - W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1864-02-15 - Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
1864-05-17 - N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59
1864-05-19 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
1864-05-26 - Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71
