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Encyclopedia > 1865 in literature

See also: 1864 in literature, other events of 1865, 1866 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1863 in literature, other events of 1864, 1865 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... See also: 1865 in literature, other events of 1866, 1867 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

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Events

June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new instalment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... The Staplehurst rail crash was a railway accident at Staplehurst, Kent, England, remembered for its effects on Charles Dickens. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and lecturer. ... The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (also published as The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog) is a short story by Mark Twain. ... Edwin Abbott Abbott (December 20, 1838 – 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire Flatland (1884). ... The present red-brick City of London School beside the River Thames. ...

New books

The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 – September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. ... John Tenniels illustration for A Mad Tea-Party, 1865 Illustration by Arthur Rackham Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a work of childrens literature by the British mathematician and author, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. ... Lewis Carroll. ... The projectile, as pictured in an engraving from the 1872 Illustrated Edition. ... Jules Verne. ... Edmond de Goncourt (May 26, 1822 – July 16, 1896), writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. ... Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. ... Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) by Mathew Brady 1856 newspaper advertisement for Barnums American Museum Parody of Jenny Linds first American tour for P.T. Barnum, New York City, October 1850 Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who... José de Alencar (May 1, 1829—December 12, 1877), was a Brazilian novelist. ... Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (September 29, 1810, London – November 12, 1865, Holybourne, Hampshire, England, UK), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist. ... RM Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 - February 8, 1894), Scottish fiction writer, Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, Scotland he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. ... Robert Smith Surtees (1803 - March 16, 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. ... Our Mutual Friend (1864–5) is the last completed novel written by Charles Dickens. ... Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new instalment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ...

New drama

Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906) was an extremely influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama (dubbed the father of modern drama). It is said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. ... Brand is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ...

Poetry

  • Edward Lear - The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple

Edward Lear, 1812-1888 Eagle Owl, Edward Lear, 1837 Another Edward Lear owl, in his more familiar style Edward Lear (12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. ...

Non-fiction

The Brothers Grimm on a 1000DM banknote. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London) was an immensely influential German philosopher, political economist, sociologist, and revolutionary. ... John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 – May 8, 1873), an English philosopher and political economist, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. ...

Births

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Haden Badley (February 21, 1865 - March 6, 1967), author, educator, founder of Bedales School - which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Edith Maude Eaton, born March 15, 1865 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England - died April 7, 1914 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was an author best known under the Chinese pseudonym, Sui Sin Far. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Arthur Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, Australia in 1889. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Stephen Bonsal (March 29, 1865 - June 8, 1951) was a U.S. writer and diplomat. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... Bernard Berenson in the garden of his estate Villa I Tatti in 1911 Bernard Berenson (born Bernhard Valvrojenski, June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959), was an American art historian. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... Pietro Gori (born 14 August 1865 in Messina; died 8 January 1911 in Portoferraio) was an Italian lawyer, intellectual and anarchist poet. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Rainis (sometimes referred to as Jānis Rainis) was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (b. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Enrico Corradini (1865, near Montelupo Fiorentino—1931, Rome) was an Italian novelist, essayist, journalist, and nationalist political figure. ...

Deaths

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland (born 25 December 1805 Montreal - died 11 January 1865 Quebec) was a French Canadian historian. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (April 2, 1794 _ January 18, 1865) was an English diarist, a great-grandson by his father of the 5th earl of Warwick, and son of Lady Charlotte Bentinck, daughter of the duke of Portland, formerly a leader of the Whig party, and first minister of... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierre Joseph Proudhon Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced [ˈpruːd ɒn] in BrE, [pʁu dɔ̃] in French) (15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was a French economist and socialist philosopher who was the first individual to call himself an anarchist and is considered among the first anarchist thinkers. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Xavier Saintine (July 10, 1798 - January 21, 1865), French novelist and dramatist, whose real surname was Boniface, was born in Paris. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mrs Beeton aged about 26 Isabella Mary Mayson (March 12, 1836 - January 1865), universally known as Mrs Beeton, was the principal author of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and is the most famous cookery writer in British history. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Otto Ludwig (February 11, 1813–February 25, 1865) was a German dramatist, novelist and critic born in Eisfeld in Thuringia. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... John Cassell (23 January 1817 - 2 April 1865) was a British publisher and businessperson who published magazines aimed at the middle class. ... Richard Cobden Richard Cobden (June 3, 1804 – April 2, 1865) was an a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... Pierre François Xavier de Ram (September 2, 1804-May 14, 1865), Belgian churchman and historian, was born at Louvain. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Mrs. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Dudley Costello (1803 - September 30, 1865), English journalist and novelist, son of Colonel JF Costello, was born in Ireland. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (September 29, 1810, London – November 12, 1865, Holybourne, Hampshire, England, UK), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (February 1, 1796 - December 1, 1865), was a Swiss poet. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Marie Quérard (December 25, 1797 - December 3, 1865), was a French bibliographer. ... William Edmonstoune Aytoun (June 21, 1813 - 1865) was a Scottish poet, humorist and writer. ...

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