On This Day

What happened on this day in literary history?

Literary History On This Day

Not a day goes by without something interesting happening in the world of books and writers. Here are some of the events that Susannah thinks are important.

Yesterday
Samuel Johnson & The Dictionary of the English Language 15 April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language. read more ...
Today
Lord and Lady Byron 16 April 1816: Lord Byron dissolves his marriage. read more ...
Tomorrow
Karen Blixen in 1913 17 April 1883: Karen Blixen is born. read more ...
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    1 218051805Hans Christian Andersen is born 319201920F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre marry 418281828Margaret Oliphant is born 517651765Edward Young dies
618431843William Wordsworth is appointed Poet Laureate 717701770William Wordsworth is born 819581958Ethel Turner dies 919631963Where the Wild Things Are is published 1017101710First copyright statute established 1119141914“Not bloody likely!” 1218571857Madame Bovary is published
1319391939Seamus Heaney is born 1418411841First detective story is published 1517551755Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language 1618161816Lord Byron dissolves his marriage 1718831883Karen Blixen is born 1818391839Henry Kendall is born 1919891989Daphne du Maurier dies
2016111611First performance of Macbeth (perhaps) 2118161816Charlotte Brontë is born 2218961896Ethel Turner marries 17071707Henry Fielding is born 2316161616William Shakespeare dies 2418151815Anthony Trollope is born 2517191719Robinson Crusoe is published 26
2716671667John Milton sells the rights to Paradise Lost 2819261926Harper Lee is born 2918521852Roget’s Thesaurus is first published 3018591859A Tale of Two Cities is published      
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