Authors in History (Part 2)
Literature: Dramatists - Essayists - Journalists - Jurists - Newspapers - Novelists - Playwrights - Poetry - Radio - Scholars - Writers
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 101 - 200 of 1,808
George Childress
1804-01-08 George Childress, American lawyer & statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1841)
George Childress
- 1804-01-31 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804-07-04 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1804-10-03 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, born in Lyon, France (d. 1869)
Hans Christian Andersen
1805-04-02 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1875)
Hans Christian Andersen
- 1805-10-23 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer)
- 1805-12-31 Marie d'Agoult (Daniel Stern), French author (Knife), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1876)
- 1808-02-04 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856)
- 1808-04-26 Martha Finley, American children's book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1909)
- 1808-06-17 Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet (Creation, Humanity, and Messiah) and author, born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1845)
- 1808-07-10 Solomon Northup, American abolitionist and author (12 Years a Slave), born in Minerva, New York (or 10 Jul 1807) (d. 1863)
- 1808-12-06 Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future), born in Heerlen, Netherlands (d. 1869)
- 1809-08-29 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1894)
- 1809-11-27 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, born in London, England (d. 1893)
- 1811-03-03 Vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1811-06-14 Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1896)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1811-09-06 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot), born in Auderghem, Belgium (d. 1890)
- 1811-09-15 Willem Josephus van Zeggelen, Dutch author, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1879)
- 1812-12-23 Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)
- 1813-11-13 John Wolcott Phelps, American abolitionist, author and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Guilford County, Vermont (d. 1885)
- 1813-11-30 Hermann Kurz, German poet and novelist (Schillers Heimatjahre), born in Reutlingen, Germany (d. 1873)
- 1814-01-17 Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey)
- 1814-04-15 John Lothrop Motley, American historian and author (The Rise of the Dutch Republic), born in Dorchester, Boston (d. 1877)
- 1815-08-01 Richard Henry Dana Jr., American author (Two Years Before the Mast), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
- 1815-10-29 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician and author of Slovak language, born in Uhrovec, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
- 1815-12-21 Thomas Couture, French history painter & teacher, born in Senlis, France (d. 1879)
- 1817-09-14 Theodor Storm, German judge and author (Immensee, Der Schimmelreiter), born in Husum, Germany (d. 1888)
- 1817-11-25 John Bigelow, American statesman and author, born in Bristol, New York (d. 1911)
- 1818-10-25 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [NS=Nov 6]
- 1819-02-19 Mark Prager Lindo, English Dutch writer, born in London, England (d. 1877)
- 1819-03-26 Louise Otto-Peters, German suffragist, women's rights movement activist and author (The Wandering Star), born in Meissen, Germany (d. 1895)
- 1819-05-27 Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic), born in NYC, New York (d. 1910)
Herman Melville
1819-08-01 Herman Melville, American author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd), born in NYC, New York (d. 1891)
Herman Melville
George Eliot
1819-11-22 George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans], English author (Middlemarch, Silas Marner), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (d. 1880)
George Eliot
- 1820-03-30 Anna Sewell, English author (Black Beauty), born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (d. 1878)
- 1821-03-16 Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
- 1821-06-26 Bartolomé Mitre [Martínez], Argentine general, author, statesman and President (1862-1868), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1906)
- 1822-01-07 Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe)
- 1822-04-03 Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1909)
- 1823-09-16 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- 1823-10-20 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School Days), born in Uffington (d. 1896)
- 1824-03-02 Henry Beebee Carrington, American lawyer, professor, prolific author, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1912)
- 1824-12-10 George MacDonald, Scottish poet and sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland(d. 1905)
- 1825-02-28 Quincy Adams Gillmore, American civil engineer, author, and Major General (Union Army), born in Lorain County, Ohio (d. 1888)
- 1825-05-08 George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India and author, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1898)
- 1826-10-31 Hugh Boyle Ewing, American diplomat, author, attorney, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 1905)
- 1826-11-24 Collodi [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
- 1827-04-10 Lewis "Lew" Wallace, American author (Ben-Hur) and Major General (Union Army), born in Brookville, Indiana (d. 1905)
- 1827-04-22 William Hopkins Morris, American author, editor, inventor, and Major General (Union Army), born in (d. 1900)
- 1827-06-12 Johanna Spyri, Swiss children's book author (Heidi), born in Hirzel, Switzerland (d. 1901)
- 1827-09-01 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Overbetuwsche Novellen)
- 1827-11-14 Isaac Wistar, American lawyer, author, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1905)
- 1829-01-06 Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author, born in Edo, Japan (d. 1894)
- 1829-01-18 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)
- 1829-02-15 Silas Weir Mitchell, American physician (discovered causalgia, erythromelalgia) and author (Roland Blake, Hugh Wynne), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
- 1829-09-24 James St Clair Morton, American engineer, author, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
- 1829-10-27 Christopher Columbus Andres, American diplomat, newspaperman, author, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire (d. 1922)
- 1829-12-03 Green Berry Raum, American lawyer, politician, author, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Golconda, Illinois (d. 1909)
- 1830-05-15 Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
- 1831-06-07 Amelia Edwards, English author (The Phantom Coach) and Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1892)
- 1831-07-30 Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, and author (co-founded Theosophical Society), born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1891)
- 1831-09-08 Wilhelm Raabe [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor), born in Eschershausen, Germany (d. 1910)
- 1831-10-15 Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (Ramona), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1885)
- 1831-12-29 Adam Badeau, American author, Union Army officer, and diplomat, born in NYC, New York (d. 1895)
- 1832-01-09 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
- 1832-01-13 Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1899)
Lewis Carroll
1832-01-27 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], English author (Alice in Wonderland), born in Daresbury, England (d. 1898)
Lewis Carroll
- 1832-02-26 John George Nicolay, German-American author (Abe Lincoln's biographer), born in Essingen, Rhenish Bavaria (d. 1901)
- 1832-04-13 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), born in Ambato, Ecuador (d. 1889)
Louisa May Alcott
1832-11-29 Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
Louisa May Alcott
- 1832-12-08 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author "Pa Guds Veje" and Nobel laureate 1903, born in Kvikne, Norway (d. 1910)
- 1833-08-11 Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
- 1833-11-06 Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), born in Hokksund, Eiker, Norway (d. 1908)
- 1834-11-13 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), born in Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico (d. 1893)
- 1835-02-15 Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
- 1835-02-27 Richard Garnett, English author (Ananda the Miracle Worker)
- 1835-08-27 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author and painter, born in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (d. 1918)
Mark Twain
1835-11-30 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), born in Florida, Missouri (d. 1910)
Mark Twain
- 1835-12-04 Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh), born in Langar, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1902)
- 1835-12-18 Lyman Abbott, American author (d. 1922)
- 1836-01-10 Charles Ingalls, father of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in Cuba, New York (d. 1902)
- 1836-08-25 Bret Harte, American author (Outcasts of Poker Flat), born in Albany, New York (d. 1902)
- 1836-09-11 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (The Hasheesh Eater), born in NYC, New York (d. 1870)
- 1836-10-04 Juliette Adam, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue) and feminist, born in Verberie, Oise, France (d. 1936)
- 1836-11-11 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American editor and writer (The Story of a Bad Boy), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 1907)
- 1837-03-01 Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
- 1838-05-11 Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
- 1838-11-14 August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
- 1838-12-20 Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster & theologian (Flatland), born in Marylebone, United Kingdom (d. 1926)
- 1839-05-28 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author and critic (Roccaverdina), born in Mineo, Sicily, Italy (d. 1915)
- 1840-08-14 Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Austro–German psychiatrist and author (Psychopathia Sexualis), born in Mannheim, Baden, Germany (d. 1902)
- 1840-11-25 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author and poet (Flemish Movement), born in Deerlijk, Belgium (d. 1922)
- 1840-12-11 Namık Kemal, Turkish poet and author (Fatherland-1872), born in Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire (d. 1888)
- 1841-03-04 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)
- 1842-04-08 Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author, public speaker and wife of George Armstrong Custer, born in Monroe, Michigan (d. 1933)
- 1842-08-14 Henry Duff Traill, British author and journalist (The Marquis of Salisbury), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1900)
- 1843-04-15 Henry James, American-British author (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians), born in NYC, New York (d. 1916)
- 1843-10-25 Gleb Uspensky, Russian author (Power of the Soil), born in Tula, Russian Empire (d. 1902)
- 1846-05-05 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905), born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland (d. 1916)
- 1846-08-16 Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1904)
Famous Weddings
- 1992-07-04 American actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone
Wedding of Interest
1992-10-16 Author J. K. Rowling (27) weds Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes
J. K. Rowling
- 1997-10-04 MTV news anchor Tabitha Soren (30) weds "Liars Poker" author Michael Lewis (37) in Garrison, New York
- 2001-12-26 "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling (36) weds anesthesiologist Neil Murray (30) in Aberfeldy, Scotland
- 2002-05-24 Princess Martha Louise of Norway (30) weds author Ari Behn (29) in Trondheim
- 2006-02-03 "The Science Guy" Bill Nye (50) weds author/oboist Blair Tindall at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
- 2011-01-02 Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer (34) weds author Neil Gaiman (50) in Berkley, California
- 2013-09-06 Actor Josh Charles (41) weds ballet dancer and author Sophie Flack at a private residence in Manhattan, New York City
Wedding of Interest
2017-05-14 Retired soccer player Abby Wambach (37) weds best-selling author Glennon Doyle Melton
Abby Wambach
Famous Deaths
Deaths 101 - 200 of 1,216
- 1856-07-15 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
- 1857-03-11 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84
- 1858-03-03 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
- 1858-10-10 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73
Washington Irving
1859-11-28 Washington Irving, American author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), dies of a heart attack at 76
Washington Irving
- 1860-05-23 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
- 1862-02-24 Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
- 1868-01-28 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
- 1868-08-25 Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
- 1869-02-04 Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future), dies at 60
- 1869-03-31 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, dies at 64
- 1869-11-12 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
- 1869-12-06 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54
- 1870-09-12 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (The Hasheesh Eater), dies at 34
- 1870-09-23 Prosper Mérimée, French author (Carmen), dies at 66
- 1871-04-29 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian poet, dies at 75
- 1873-10-29 Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52
- 1874-04-14 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86
Hans Christian Andersen
1875-08-04 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), dies at 70
Hans Christian Andersen
- 1875-11-17 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
- 1876-03-05 Marie d'Agoult [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70
- 1876-05-07 William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
- 1876-06-08 George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71
- 1877-03-09 Mark Prager Lindo, English Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
- 1877-05-29 John Lothrop Motley, American historian and author (The Rise of the Dutch Republic), dies at 63
- 1878-04-25 Anna Sewell, English author (Black Beauty), dies at 58
- 1878-12-19 Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
- 1879-02-11 Willem Josephus van Zeggelen, Dutch author, dies at 67
- 1879-03-30 Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
- 1879-10-31 Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
- 1880-02-12 Karl von Holtei, Silesian actor, playwright and author (Die Vagabunden), dies at 82
- 1880-06-05 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
- 1881-04-11 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40
- 1881-08-02 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35
- 1882-01-06 Richard Henry Dana Jr., American author (Two Years Before the Mast), dies at 66
- 1883-02-01 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests), dies at 64 [NS=Feb 13]
- 1883-05-20 William Chambers, Scottish author and publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding), dies at 83
- 1885-05-13 Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
Victor Hugo
1885-05-22 Victor Hugo, French author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables), dies at 83
Victor Hugo
- 1885-08-12 Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (Ramona), dies at 54
- 1885-11-08 Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71
- 1886-07-16 Ned Buntline [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies
- 1886-07-29 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies
- 1886-08-22 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67
- 1887-02-10 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
- 1888-01-29 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75
Louisa May Alcott
1888-03-06 Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women), dies of a stroke at 55
Louisa May Alcott
- 1888-03-24 Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
- 1888-07-04 Theodor Storm, German judge and author (Immensee, Der Schimmelreiter), dies at 70
- 1889-01-17 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56
- 1889-07-11 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34
- 1889-08-02 Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
- 1889-12-31 Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52
- 1890-08-02 Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (works characterized by a deep sense of pessimism), dies at 76
- 1890-09-22 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot), dies at 79
- 1891-05-08 Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, and author (co-founded Theosophical Society), dies at 59
- 1891-08-22 Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
- 1891-09-27 Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
- 1892-04-15 Amelia Edwards, English author (The Phantom Coach) and Egyptologist, dies at 60
- 1893-01-15 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, dies at 83
- 1893-02-13 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
Guy de Maupassant
1893-07-06 Guy de Maupassant, French author (Boule de Suif), dies four days after trying to commit suicide by cutting his throat at 42
Guy de Maupassant
- 1893-11-08 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), dies at 70
- 1894-10-07 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides), dies at 85
- 1894-10-19 James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (translations of the Avesta, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism), dies at 45
- 1895-03-13 Louise Otto-Peters, German suffragist, women's rights movement activist and author (The Wandering Star), dies at 75
- 1896-03-22 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School days), dies at 73
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1896-07-01 Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1896-07-16 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
- 1898-03-01 George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India and author, dies at 72
- 1898-05-22 Edward Bellamy, American author (Looking Backward) and socialist, dies of tuberculosis at 48
- 1898-09-20 Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78
- 1899-07-18 Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), dies at 67
Stephen Crane
1900-06-05 Stephen Crane, American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
Stephen Crane
- 1901-01-14 Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76
- 1901-07-07 Johanna Spyri, Swiss children's book author (Heidi), dies at 74
- 1902-04-06 Gleb Uspensky, Russian author (Power of the Soil), dies at 58
- 1902-05-05 Bret Harte, American author (Outcasts of Poker Flat), dies at 65
- 1902-06-18 Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh), dies at 66
- 1902-08-31 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73
- 1902-12-22 Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Austro–German psychiatrist and author (Psychopathia Sexualis), dies at 62
- 1903-11-13 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
- 1904-09-26 Lafcadio Hearn, American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), dies at 54
- 1904-11-18 Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, dies at 58
- 1905-03-15 Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Paa St Jorgen), dies at 58
- 1905-09-18 George MacDonald, Scottish poet and sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80
- 1906-01-19 Bartolomé Mitre [Martínez], Argentine general, author, statesman and President (1862-1868), dies at 84
- 1906-11-14 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer and dramatist (2 Tudors), dies at 83
- 1907-03-10 Victoria Earle Matthews, American author and activist, dies at 45
- 1907-07-19 Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77
- 1908-04-11 Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
- 1908-07-05 Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), dies at 74
- 1908-07-20 Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
- 1908-11-08 Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
- 1909-01-30 Martha Finley, American children's book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), dies at 80
- 1909-04-09 F. Marion Crawford, American author (Mr. Isaacs), dies at 54
- 1909-06-10 Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), dies at 87
- 1909-06-24 Sarah Orne Jewett, American author (Country of the Pointed Firs), dies at 59
Mark Twain
1910-04-21 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
Mark Twain
- 1910-04-26 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author "Pa Guds Veje" and Nobel laureate 1903, dies at 77
Alan Paton
Alexandre Dumas
Harper Lee
Joseph Priestley
Toshiro Mifune
Wilhelm Grimm