Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/3
- 1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright born
- 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer born
- 1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist died
- 1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright born
- 1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet died
- 1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer died
- 1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet died