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- 1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (La Araucana) born
- 1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer born
- 1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet born
- 1635 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer died
- 1941 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author died
- 1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer born
- 1974 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet died