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 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 Earliest of six known manuscripts of Robert Burns' song Auld Lang Syne & 1841 illustration of the poem 31 Dec 2024 31 December 1796: Auld Lang Syne Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Persuasion by Jane Austen 20 Dec 2024 20 December 1817: Persuasion is published Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 20 Dec 2024 20 December 1817: Northanger Abbey is published Cheryl
On This Day Yakov Polonsky & his Complete Poems 18 Dec 2024 18 December 1892: Russian poet, Yakov Polonsky is born Cheryl
On This Day Astrid Lindgren (2nd from right) with her siblings 14 Nov 2024 14 November 1907: Astrid Lindgren is born Cheryl No Comments
On This Day Thomas Kyd & The Spanish Tragedy 06 Nov 2024 6 November 1558: Thomas Kyd is baptised Cheryl
On This Day George Bernard Shaw aged 80 & the garden at Shaw's Corner 02 Nov 2024 2 November 1950: George Bernard Shaw dies Cheryl
On This Day WHSmith booksellers & William Henry Smith 01 Nov 2024 1 November 1848: WH Smith opens first railway bookstall Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 30 Oct 2024 30 October 1811: Sense and Sensibility is published Cheryl
