Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/22

• 1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer born
• 1708 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer died
• 1767 - John Newbery, English publisher died
• 1807 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet born
• 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is canceled at the last second.
• 1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet born
• 1870 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet and writer died
• 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor born
• 1880 - George Eliot, English writer died
• 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet born
• 1937 - Eduard Uspenskiy, Russian writer born
• 1940 - Nathanael West, American writer died
• 1943 - Beatrix Potter, English writer died
• 1989 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer died