Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/16
- 1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer born
- 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer born
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer died
- 1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer born
- 1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet born
- 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer born
- 1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer born
- 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer born
- 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer died
- 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer died
- 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author died