See also: 1830 in literature, other events of 1831, 1832 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1829 in literature, other events of 1830, 1831 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1831 in literature, other events of 1832, 1833 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• The play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers introduces the term "chauvinism."
• William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of the Liberator, an abolitionist periodical.

William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805, Newburyport, Massachusetts - May 24, 1879, New York City) was a United States Abolitionist and reformer. ...

New books

• Gerald Fitzgerald - Anne Hatton
• Notre Dame de Paris - Victor Hugo
• The Last of the Lyals - Rosalia St. Clair
• The Queen's Page - Selina Davenport
• The Spirit of the Age - John Stuart Mill
• The Tuileries - Catherine Gore
• The Young Duke - Benjamin Disraeli

Gerald Fitzgerald may refer to a number of members of the Irish peerage: Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond (died 1398). ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris) was a novel first published in 1831 by the French literary giant Victor Hugo. ... Victor Hugo Victor Hugo (February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885) was a French author, the most important of the Romantic authors in the French language. ... John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 - May 8, 1873), aka JS Mill, an English philosopher and political economist, was the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. ... Mrs. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ...

New drama

• Robert Montgomery Bird - Gladiator

Robert Montgomery Bird (1803 - 1854) was a novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and The Broker of Bogota, and several novels, including Calavar, The Infidel, The Hawks of Hawk Hollow, Peter Pilgrim, and Nick of the Woods, in the first two of which he gives graphic...

Births

• January 26 - Mary Mapes Dodge, writer (+ 1907)
• October 15 - Helen Hunt Jackson, writer-activist (+ 1885)

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Helen Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1831-August 12, 1885) was an American writer. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Deaths

• January 21 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim
• June 30 - William Roscoe, English poet
• December 18 - Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch author

January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ludwig Achim (or Joachim) von Arnim (January 26, 1781 – January 21, 1831), German poet and novelist, was born at Berlin. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... William Roscoe (March 8, 1753 - June 30, 1831), was an English historian and miscellaneous writer. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Willem Bilderdijk (September 7, 1756-1831), Dutch poet, the son of an Amsterdam physician. ...

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