// Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, including Jabberwocky Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, including The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Thomas Maitland (i. ... // Edward Lear, More Nonsense, Rhymes William Morris, Love is Enough Victor Hugo, LAnnée terrible Christina Rossetti, Sing-Song, a Nursery Rhyme Book Alfred Lord Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette June 27 — Paul Laurence Dunbar (died 1906), African-American poet November 30 — John McCrae (died 1918), Canadian poet, physician, author... // Arthur Rimbaud, Illuminations J. Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, published in National Reformer, and later in 1880 January 16 — Robert William Service (died 1958) a Scots-Canadian poet who wrote The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee February 3 — Gertrude Stein (died 1946), American writer... // Robert Browning, Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, and the Fall of the Niblungs Sarah Cleghorn (died 1959), American poet and socialist June 20 — John Neal, 82, author, art critic, literary critic, poet, who refused to emulate British authors by writing... See also: 1869 in literature, other events of 1870, 1871 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1870 in literature, other events of 1871, 1872 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1871 in literature, other events of 1872, 1873 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1872 in literature, other events of 1873, 1874 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1873 in literature, other events of 1874, 1875 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1874 in literature, other events of 1875, 1876 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1875 in literature, other events of 1876, 1877 in literature, list of years in literature. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Events

Awards

Works published

• William Morris, Love is Enough
• Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell)

William Morris, socialist and innovator in the Arts and Crafts movement William Morris, publisher Davids Charge to Solomon (1882), a stained-glass window by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris in Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts. ... Rimbaud redirects here. ... French poet Arthur Rimbauds Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell) dates itself April through August 1873, but these are dates of completion. ...

Births

• April 25 — Walter De la Mare (died 1956), English poet, short story writer, and novelist
• date not known:
  • Gilbert E. Brooke (Singapore)
  • George Clarke (Canada)
  • George Cabot Lodge (died 1909) American poet
  • Alexander L. Posey

April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... It has been suggested that The Listeners be merged into this article or section. ... // City Lights Books publishes Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg Aniara - Harry Martinson National Book Award for Poetry: W.H. Auden, The Shield of Achilles Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop: Poems - North & South Queens Gold Medal for Poetry: Edmund Blunden date unknown - Amy Gerstler, poet June 22... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... George Clarke enrolled at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1676. ... George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909), nicknamed Bay, was an American poet of the late 19th and early-20th century. ... // Andrew Cecil Bradley, Oxford Lectures on Poetry Founding of the Poetry Recital Society (now the Poetry Society) T.E. Hulme leaves the Poets Club, and starts meeting with F.S. Flint and other poets in a new group which Hulme referred to as the Secession Club; they meet at the...

Deaths

• July 13 — Caroline Clive, 71, English author.
• date not known:
  • Kasiprasad Ghose, Indian poet
  • Janet Hamilton, Scots poet
  • Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, American poet

July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Janet Hamilton Memorial Fountain, West End Park, Coatbridge Janet Hamilton Memorial Fountain, West End Park, Coatbridge Janet Hamilton was a nineteenth century Scottish poet. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873) was an American poet, now remembered mostly for his sonnet series. ...

See also

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