20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules VerneJules Verne ( February 8, 1828 March 24, 1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of the science fiction ( scientific romance) genre. Early years Verne was born in Nantes to attorney Pierre Verne and his wife Sophie. The oldest of the family's five childre
The Vicar of Bullhampton - Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope ( April 24, 1815 December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. His popularity continues into the present day (some famous fans being Alec Guinness, who never traveled without a T
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March 5March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). There are 301 days remaining. Events 11th century 1046 Naser Khosrow begins his "itinerary" which he would later describe in Safarnameh''. 17th century 1689 Daniel Finch, - Frank NorrisBenjamin Franklin Norris ( March 5, 1870 October 25, 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, classifiable as a muckraker. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he studied painting in Paris for two years, attending the University of California, Ber (d. 1902Events January-April January 28 The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'evangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 Police beat up universal suffrage)
June 25June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. Events 1788 Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 10th state of the United States. 1876 Battle of the Little B - Erskine Childers (d. 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners)