On This Day Robert Louis Stevenson as a young child, and at age 10, with his father 12 Nov 2025 13 November 1850: Robert Louis Stevenson is born Cheryl
On This Day Stieg Larsson & the Millennium series 09 Nov 2025 9 November 2004: Stieg Larsson, Swedish author and journalist, dies Cheryl
On This Day Bodleian Library Oxford, 1675 08 Nov 2025 8 November 1602: The Bodleian Library in Oxford is opened Cheryl
On This Day Anna Maria van Schurman 05 Nov 2025 5 November 1607: Anna Maria van Schurman is born Cheryl
On This Day André Malraux, French writer and statesman 03 Nov 2025 3 November 1901: André Malraux, French novelist, is born Cheryl
On This Day Elizabeth von Arnim in 1900 & The von Arnim manor in Nassenheide, c.1860 31 Aug 2025 31 August 1866: Elizabeth von Arnim is born Susannah
On This Day Zona Gale 26 Aug 2025 26 August 1874: Zona Gale, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is born Susannah
On This Day Irna Phillips 01 Jul 2025 1 July 1901: Irna Phillips, American scriptwriter, is born Cheryl
On This Day Vicente Aleixandre 26 Apr 2025 26 April 1898: Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet, is born Cheryl
On This Day The Vampyre by John William Polidori 01 Apr 2025 1 April 1819: First English language vampire story is published Susannah
On This Day William Godwin & Mary Wollstonecraft 29 Mar 2025 29 March 1797: Mary Wollstonecraft & William Godwin marry Cheryl
On This Day Stevenson's Chair, The Union, University & Schools Club, Sydney 19 Feb 2025 19 February 1890: Robert Louis Stevenson writes a letter from Sydney Cheryl
On This Day Thomas Jefferson & Library of Congress c. 1853 30 Jan 2025 30 January 1815: Thomas Jefferson sells his library Cheryl
