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• 1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer died
• 1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer born
• 1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet died
• 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet born
• 1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic born
• 1643 - John Strype, English historian and biographer born
• 1704 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist born
• 1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
• 1871 - Stephen Crane, American writer born
• 1880 - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer born
• 1880 - Grantland Rice, American sports writer born
• 1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author born
• 1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German writer died
• 1907 - Alfred Jarry, French writer died
• 1955 - Dale Carnegie, American writer died
• 1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet died
• 2006 - William Styron, American author died