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Category: Classics

Birth of Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) — When English Learned to Say More by Saying Less

Apr 18, 2026
Birth of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) — Expanding the Descriptive and Scientific Range of English

Apr 15, 2026
Birth of William Wordsworth (1770–1850) — The Poet Who Brought Everyday English into Literature

Apr 9, 2026
Birth of Washington Irving (1783–1859) — The Writer Who Helped Give American English Its First Literary Voice

Apr 4, 2026
Birth of Émile Zola (1840–1902) — The Novelist Who Gave English Realism Its Harshest Mirror

Apr 3, 2026
Birth of William Harvey (1578–1657) — The Physician Who Set Scientific English in Motion

Apr 2, 2026
George Seferis – Collected Poems

Apr 1, 2026
Poems by Hermann Hesse

Mar 29, 2026
Death of Charlie Parker (1920–1955) — The Jazz Innovator Who Reshaped the Language of Music

Mar 12, 2026
Publication of The Wealth of Nations (1776) – The Book That Gave English the Language of Modern Economics

Mar 10, 2026

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