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
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving 23 June 1819: Rip van Winkle is published. read more ...
Today
Ambrose Bierce 24 June 1842: Ambrose Bierce is born. read more ...
Tomorrow
George Orwell 25 June 1903: George Orwell is born. read more ...
What happened this month?
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          118481848WH Smith opens first railway bookstall 219501950George Bernard Shaw dies
319011901André Malraux, French novelist, is born 418631863William Makepeace Thackeray dies 516071607Anna Maria van Schurman is born 615581558Thomas Kyd is baptised 719131913Albert Camus is born 816021602The Bodleian Library in Oxford is opened 920042004Stieg Larsson dies
10 1118431843The Ugly Duckling is first published 12 1318501850Robert Louis Stevenson is born 1419071907Astrid Lindgren is born 1518691869English poet Charlotte Mew is born 16
17 1818651865Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published 1919191919Shakespeare and Company opens 2019101910Leo Tolstoy dies 2117481748One of the most banned books in history is published 2218191819Mary Ann Evans is born 2319901990Roald Dahl dies
2419131913Swann’s Way is published 25 2617311731William Cowper is born 2715821582William Shakespeare marries 2817571757William Blake is born 2918321832Louisa May Alcott is born 3019001900Oscar Wilde dies