Literature of Great Britain

Year

   1704
     Publication of Hoadly
   1714
     Publication of Pope
   1715
     Publication of Pope
   1719
     Publication of Defoe
     Publication of Pope
   1731
     Birth of Cowper, William
   1732
     Publication of Hogarth
   1735
     Publication of Hogarth
   1753
     Publication of Johnson
   1758
     Publication of Hume
   1759
     Birth of Burns, Robert
   1768
     Publication of Walpole
   1770
     Birth of Wordsworth, William
   1771
     Birth of Scott, Walter
   1774
     Publication of Priestley
   1781
     Publication of Holcroft
   1782
     Publication of Priestley
   1784
     Publication of Holcroft
   1787
     Publication of Wolsencraft
   1792
     Publication of Holcroft
     Publication of Wolsencraft
   1794
     Birth of Blake, William
     Publication of Blake
   1795
     Publication of Blake
   1797
     Publication of Blake
   1798
     Publication of Multhus
     Publication of Wordsworth
   1802
     Death of Moore, John
   1805
     Publication of Wordsworth
   1808
     Publication of Blake
   1811
     Publication of Austen
   1813
     Publication of Austen
   1814
     Publication of Austen
   1816
     Publication of Austen
     Publication of Shelley
   1817
     Discovery of Ancient Honours
     Publication of Scott
   1818
     Publication of Austen
     Publication of Shelley
   1819
     Birth of Kingsley, Charles
     Publication of Scott
     Publication of Shelley
   1820
     Birth of Bronte, Anne
     Publication of Blake
   1821
     Publication of Mill
     Publication of Quincey
   1823
     Bannatyne Club
   1824
     Publication of Scott
   1825
     Publication of Burke
     Publication of Scott
   1826
     Publication of Disraeli
   1827
     Death of Blake, William
   1828
     Publication of Bulwer Lytton
   1829
     Publication of Mill
     Publication of Russell
   1830
     Publication of Tennyson
   1834
     Publication of Bulwer Lytton
   1835
     Constitution
     Publication of Browning
     Publication of Bulwer Lytton
     Publication of Disraeli
   1836
     Publication of Darwin
   1837
     Publication of Carlyle
   1838
     Publication of Dickens
   1840
     Publication of Browning
   1841
     Publication of Browning
   1843
     Publication of Browning
     Publication of Dickens
   1844
     Publication of Disraeli
   1845
     Publication of Disraeli
   1847
     Publication of Bronte
     Publication of Disraeli
   1848
     Publication of Bronte
   1849
     Death of Bronte, Anne
     Publication of Bronte
     Publication of Dickens
   1850
     Publication of Barrett Brown
   1853
     Publication of Bronte
     Publication of Dickens
   1854
     Publication of Dickens
   1855
     Death of Bronte, Charlotte
     Publication of Brooks
     Publication of Browning
     Publication of Trollope
   1857
     Publication of Dickens
     Publication of Trollope
   1859
     Birth of Doyle, Arthur Conan
     Publication of Dickens
   1860
     Publication of Waugh
   1861
     Publication of Dickens
   1862
     Publication of Rossetti
     Publication of Waugh
   1864
     Publication of Browning
   1865
     Publication of Carroll
   1868
     Publication of Brooks
   1872
     Publication of Carroll
   1874
     Birth of Maughan, William Somerset
     Publication of Hardy
   1877
     Publication of Bradlaugh
   1879
     Birth of Forster, Edward Morgan
   1881
     Publication of Huxley
   1882
     Birth of Milne, Alan Alexander
     Birth of Woolf, Virginia
     Death of Trollope, Anthony
     Quote Wilde
   1884
     Birth of Ransome, Arthur
   1886
     Publication of Hardy
     Publication of Stevenson
   1887
     Publication of Doyle
   1890
     Publication of Doyle
   1891
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Hardy
   1892
     Publication of Doyle
   1893
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Kipling
     Publication of Wilde
   1895
     Arrest of Wilde
     Publication of Wells
   1896
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Wells
     Publication of Wilde
   1897
     Publication of Kipling
     Publication of Payn
     Publication of Wells
   1898
     Death of Dodgson, Author Charles Lutwidge
     Publication of James
     Publication of Wells
   1899
     Publication of Churchill
   1900
     Death of Wilde, Oscar
     Publication of Conrad
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Glyn
     Publication of Wells
   1901
     Publication of Wells
   1902
     Publication of Conrad
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of La Mare
   1903
     Birth of Orwell, George
     Publication of Childers
   1904
     Publication of Conrad
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Wells
   1905
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Wells
   1906
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of La Mare
   1907
     Nobel Prize
     Publication of Conrad
     Publication of Glyn
   1908
     Publication of Forster
     Publication of Wells
   1909
     Publication of MacDonald
     Publication of Wells
   1910
     Publication of Wells
   1911
     Publication of Conrad
     Publication of Wells
   1912
     Publication of Glyn
     Publication of Wells
   1913
     Publication of MacDonald
     Publication of Wells
   1915
     Death of Brooke, Rupert
     Publication of Brooke
     Publication of Wells
   1916
     Publication of Brooke
     Publication of Wells
   1917
     Publication of Waugh
   1918
     Publication of Wells
   1919
     Birth of Lessing, Doris
   1920
     Publication of Doyle
   1921
     Publication of Huxley
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Owen
   1922
     Birth of Amiss, Kingsley
     Death of Childers, Erskine
     Execution of Childers
     Publication of Glyn
   1923
     Publication of Eddington
     Publication of Huxley
     Publication of Webb
   1925
     Publication of Huxley
   1926
     Publication of Doyle
     Publication of Fowler
     Publication of Greene
     Publication of Thomas
   1927
     Publication of Glyn
     Publication of La Mare
   1928
     Burial of Hardy, Thomas
     Publication of Huxley
     Publication of Waugh
   1929
     Publication of Graves
     Publication of Wolfe
   1930
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Waugh
   1932
     Birth of Bradbury, Malcolm
     Nobel Prize
     Publication of Cooper
     Publication of Huxley
     Publication of Waugh
   1933
     Publication of Eddington
     Publication of Greenwood
     Publication of Holtby
     Publication of Orwell
     Publication of Wells
   1934
     Birth of Briggs, Raymond
     Publication of Glyn
   1935
     Publication of Christie
     Publication of Forester
     Publication of Graves
     Publication of Orwell
     Publication of Waugh
   1936
     Publication of Auden
     Publication of Greenwood
     Publication of Hogben
     Publication of Holtby
     Publication of Huxley
     Publication of Wells
   1937
     Publication of Auden
   1938
     Publication of Durrrell
     Publication of Forester
     Publication of Greene
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Waugh
     Publication of Wells
   1939
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Wells
   1940
     Publication of Auden
     Publication of Greene
     Publication of Wells
   1941
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Wells
   1942
     Publication of Wells
   1943
     Publication of Durrrell
   1944
     Publication of Hayek
   1945
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Waugh
     Publication of Wells
   1946
     Publication of Eddington
     Publication of La Mare
   1947
     Publication of Auden
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of MacKenzie
   1948
     Publication of Durrrell
     Publication of Greene
     Publication of Waugh
   1949
     Publication of Lessing
     Publication of Mitford
     Publication of Orwell
     Publication of Ryle
   1950
     Death of Orwell, George
     Publication of La Mare
     Publication of Waugh
   1952
     Publication of Bullock
     Publication of Cooper
     Publication of Waugh
     Publication of Wilson
     Publication of Wisdom
   1953
     Publication of Greenwood
     Publication of La Mare
   1954
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Golding
     Publication of Huxley
   1955
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Durrrell
     Publication of Waugh
   1956
     Publication of Waugh
   1957
     Drama Osborne
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Durrrell
     Publication of MacInnes
     Publication of Waugh
   1958
     Publication of Durrrell
     Publication of Greene
   1959
     Publication of Greenwood
     Publication of MacInnes
   1960
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Auden
     Publication of Durrrell
   1961
     Publication of Spark
     Publication of Waugh
   1962
     Publication of Burgess
     Publication of Lessing
   1964
     Publication of Golding
   1965
     Publication of Waugh
   1968
     Publication of Ryle
   1969
     Publication of Amiss
   1970
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Forsyth
   1973
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Greene
     Publication of Waugh
   1974
     Publication of Amiss
     Publication of Forsyth
   1975
     Drama Pinter
   1977
     Publication of Wilson
   1978
     Publication of Burgess
   1980
     Publication of Golding
     Publication of Grahame
   1981
     Publication of Wilson
   1983
     Nobel Prize
     Publication of Golding
   1984
     Publication of Forsyth
     Publication of Orwell
   1985
     Publication of Amiss
   1986
     Booker Prize Kingsley
     Publication of Amiss
   1987
     Booker Prize Ackroyd
     Booker Prize Dunn
     Booker Prize Winterson
   1988
     Publication of Hawking
   1989
     Fatwah Rushdie
     Publication of Clarke
     Publication of Rushdie
   1990
     Knighthood Amiss
     Publication of Mosley
   1991
     Publication of Archer
   1993
     Drama Pinter
   1994
     Publication of Amiss
   1995
     Death of Amiss, Kingsley
   1998
     Fatwah Rushdie
   2000
     Death of Bradbury, Malcolm
   2007
     Nobel Prize
Biographies

   Ackroyd, Peter
     Booker Prize Ackroyd
   Amiss, Kingsley
     Birth of Amiss, Kingsley
     Booker Prize Kingsley
     Death of Amiss, Kingsley
     Knighthood Amiss
     Publication of Amiss
   Archer, Jeffrey
     Publication of Archer
   Auden, Wystan Hugh
     Publication of Auden
   Austen, Jane
     Publication of Austen
   Barrett Browning, Elizabeth
     Publication of Barrett Brown
   Blake, William
     Birth of Blake, William
     Death of Blake, William
     Publication of Blake
   Bradbury, Malcolm
     Birth of Bradbury, Malcolm
     Death of Bradbury, Malcolm
   Bradlaugh, Charles
     Publication of Bradlaugh
   Briggs, Raymond
     Birth of Briggs, Raymond
   Bronte, Anne
     Birth of Bronte, Anne
     Death of Bronte, Anne
     Publication of Bronte
   Bronte, Charlotte
     Death of Bronte, Charlotte
     Publication of Bronte
   Bronte, Emily
     Publication of Bronte
   Brooke, Rupert
     Death of Brooke, Rupert
     Publication of Brooke
   Brooks, Charles William Shirley
     Publication of Brooks
   Brooks
     Publication of Brooks
   Browning, Robert
     Publication of Browning
   Bullock, Alan
     Publication of Bullock
   Bulwer Lytton
     Publication of Bulwer Lytton
   Burgess, Anthony
     Publication of Burgess
   Burke, John
     Publication of Burke
   Burns, Robert
     Birth of Burns, Robert
   Carlyle, Thomas
     Publication of Carlyle
   Carroll, Lewis
     Publication of Carroll
   Childers, Erskine
     Death of Childers, Erskine
     Execution of Childers
     Publication of Childers
   Christie, Agatha
     Publication of Christie
   Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
     Publication of Churchill
   Clarke, Lindsay
     Publication of Clarke
   Conrad, Joseph
     Publication of Conrad
   Cooper, Alfred Duff
     Publication of Cooper
   Cowper, William
     Birth of Cowper, William
   Darwin, Charles Robert
     Publication of Darwin
   Defoe, Daniel
     Publication of Defoe
   Dickens, Charles
     Publication of Dickens
   Disraeli, Benjamin
     Constitution
     Publication of Disraeli
   Dodgson, Author Charles Lutwidge
     Death of Dodgson, Author Charles Lutwidge
   Doyle, Arthur Conan
     Birth of Doyle, Arthur Conan
     Publication of Doyle
   Dunn, Douglas
     Booker Prize Dunn
   Durrrell, Lawrence George
     Publication of Durrrell
   Eddington, Arthur Stanley
     Publication of Eddington
   Forester, Cecil Scott
     Publication of Forester
   Forster, Edward Morgan
     Birth of Forster, Edward Morgan
     Publication of Forster
   Forsyth, Frederick
     Publication of Forsyth
   Fowler, Henry Watson
     Publication of Fowler
   Galsworthy, John
     Nobel Prize
   Glyn, Elinor
     Publication of Glyn
   Golding, William
     Nobel Prize
     Publication of Golding
   Grahame, Kenneth
     Publication of Grahame
   Graves, Robert
     Publication of Graves
   Greene, Graham
     Publication of Greene
   Greenwood, Walter
     Publication of Greenwood
   Hardy, Thomas
     Burial of Hardy, Thomas
     Publication of Hardy
   Hawking, Stephen
     Publication of Hawking
   Hayek, Friedrich von
     Publication of Hayek
   Hoadly, Benjamin
     Publication of Hoadly
   Hogarth, William
     Publication of Hogarth
   Hogben, Lancelot
     Publication of Hogben
   Holcroft, Thomas
     Publication of Holcroft
   Holtby, Winifred
     Publication of Holtby
   Hume, David
     Publication of Hume
   Huxley, Aldous Leonard
     Publication of Huxley
   Huxley, Thomas Henry
     Publication of Huxley
   James, Henry
     Publication of James
   Johnson, Samuel
     Publication of Johnson
   Kingsley, Charles
     Birth of Kingsley, Charles
   Kipling, Rudyard
     Nobel Prize
     Publication of Kipling