Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/5


 * 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
 * 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
 * 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
 * 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
 * 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
 * 1777 - Madame Récamier, French writer born
 * 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
 * 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
 * 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
 * 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
 * 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born