On This Day

What happened on this day in literary history?

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
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen 11 November 1843: The Ugly Duckling is first published. read more ...
Today
John Milton & The Milton Window at St Margarets 12 November 1656: John Milton marries for the second time. read more ...
Tomorrow
Robert Louis Stevenson as a young child, and at age 10, with his father 13 November 1850: Robert Louis Stevenson is born. read more ...
Mary Poppins and The Match Man 13 November 1926: Mary Poppins first appears in print. read more ...
What happened this month?
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          118191819First English language vampire story is published 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
1019251925The Great Gatsby is published 17101710First 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 2217071707Henry Fielding is born 18961896Ethel Turner marries 2316161616William Shakespeare dies
2418151815Anthony Trollope is born 2517191719Robinson Crusoe is published 2618981898Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet, is born 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