North America: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011
...(1904–86) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1930s 20th century Literature American literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain United States 1939 1939 US author Henry Miller publishes in Paris Tropic of Capricorn , about his adolescence in New York Miller, Henry (1891–1980) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1930s 20th century Literature American literature French literature Literature in English Fiction Europe France United States...
United States: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011
...Literature 1 1960s 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America 1963 1963 US poet Sylvia Plath publishes under a pseudonym her only novel, The Bell Jar Bell Jar, The The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 1960s 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America 1963 1963 US poet Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London Plath, Sylvia (1932–1963) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1960s 20th century Literature American literature English literature Literature in...
Britain: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature American literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe North America United States 1914 1914 The Times Literary Supplement is published in London as an independent paper, separate from The Times Times Literary Supplement (1902– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Social and domestic Great Britain -...
British Isles: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...(1888–1965) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature American literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Europe Britain North America United States 1914 1914 The Times Literary Supplement is published in London as an independent paper, separate from The Times Times Literary Supplement (1902– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Social and domestic Great Britain - from...
Chile: 1810 - 2010
...the Twentieth Century 1 1910s 20th century Literature American literature Poetry China Latin America South America 1920 1920 A Chilean poet, Ricardo Reyes, adopts the pen name Pablo Neruda Neruda, Pablo (1904–1973) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 20th century China Latin America South America 1924 1924 20-year-old Chilean poet Pablo Neruda publishes one of his best-known collections, Twenty Love Poems Neruda, Pablo (1904–1973) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1920s 20th century Literature American literature Poetry China Latin America South America...
Alexandria: 332 BCE - 1957
...1940s Second World War 20th century War Africa North Africa Egypt Wars since 1900 1957 1957 The publication of the novel Justine launches Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet Durrell, Lawrence (1912–90) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1950s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe...
Ireland: c. 2500 BCE - 2008
...Century 1 1930s 20th century Literature Fiction British Isles Europe Britain 1939 1939 James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is published after 17 years in the making Finnegans Wake The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1930s 20th century Literature Fiction British Isles Europe Britain 1939 1939 Irish author Flann O'Brien publishes his first novel, At Swim-Two-Birds At Swim-Two-Birds The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English 1 1930s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain -...
Australia: c. 50 million years ago - 2007
...20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Poetry Australia and Oceania 1917 1917 Australia Felix is the first in Henry Handel Richardson's trilogy of novels about her father Richardson, Henry Handel (1870–1946) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature Literature in English Fiction Australia and Oceania 1922 1922 D.H. Lawrence takes a house in Sydney, where he writes the bulk of his novel Kangaroo Lawrence, D. H. (1885–1930) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1920s 20th...
Europe: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...printed in Florence Lady Chatterley's Lover The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1920s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Italian literature Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Italy Britain 1928 1928 Evelyn Waugh succeeds with a comic first novel, Decline and Fall Decline and Fall The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1920s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British...
Florence: c. 1150 - 1846
...to the West Wind’ The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Poetry Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1846 1846 After marrying secretly, the English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett go abroad to live in Florence Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806–61) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from...
Australia and Oceania: c. 50 million years ago - 2007
...(1870–1946) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature Literature in English Fiction Australia 1920 1920 New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies publishes a pioneering text book, Plastic Surgery of the Face 20th century Science Medicine New Zealand 1922 1922 D.H. Lawrence takes a house in Sydney, where he writes the bulk of his novel Kangaroo Lawrence, D. H. (1885–1930) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1920s 20th century Literature Literature in English Fiction Australia 1923 1923 Vegemite is...
New Zealand: c. 800 - 2005
...20th century Politics War British empire Australia and Oceania Empires 1911 1911 In a German Pension is New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield's first collection of stories Mansfield, Katherine (1888–1923) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1910s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Australia and Oceania 1916 1916 New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies sets up a plastic surgery unit at Aldershot, a British military base 1910s 20th century Science Medicine Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801...
France: c. 31,000 years ago - 2007
...with his first novel, La Nausée ('Nausea') Sartre, Jean‐Paul (1905–80) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1930s 20th century Literature French literature Fiction Europe 1939 1939 US author Henry Miller publishes in Paris Tropic of Capricorn , about his adolescence in New York Miller, Henry (1891–1980) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1930s 20th century Literature American literature French literature Literature in English Fiction Europe North America United States 1939 1939 Igor Stravinsky moves to the USA from Paris, his...
Mexico: c. 5000 BCE - 2010
...Literature 1 19th century Literature American literature Literature in English Latin America North America United States 1846 1846 President Polk sends a US army into Texas, provoking the Mexican-American War Mexican–American War (1846–48) A Dictionary of World History 2 19th century War Latin America Central America North America United States 1847 1847 William Hickling Prescott follows his great work on Mexico with a 2-volume History of the Conquest of Peru Prescott, William Hickling (1796–1859) The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 19th...
Greece: c. 3500 BCE - 2011
...Latin literature Roman empire Literature Europe Italy Empires 23 BCE 23 BCE The first three books of Horace's Odes are published, written on his Sabine farm Horace ( c. 65℃08 bc ) World Encyclopedia 1 1st century BCE Latin literature Roman empire Literature Poetry Europe Italy Empires c. 20 BCE 20 BCE The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture Augustus (63 bc – ad 14) World Encyclopedia 1 1st century BCE Latin literature Roman empire Literature Europe...
Norway: 838 - 2011
...Theatre Literature Drama Europe 1879 1879 Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House signals a new direction in drama in its frank treatment of tensions within a marriage Ibsen, Henrik (1828–1906) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Performing arts Theatre Literature Drama Europe 1890 1890 Henrik Ibsen publishes his play Hedda Gabler , with its powerfully manipulative central character, a year before it is first produced (in Germany) Hedda Gabler The Oxford Dictionary of Plays 1 19th century Performing arts Theatre Literature Drama...
Germany: c. 35,000 years ago - 2005
...Dwellers is produced in London Soyinka, Wole (1934– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1950s 20th century Performing arts Theatre Literature American literature Literature in English German literature Drama Africa West Africa 1959 1959 German novelist Günter Grass has an immediate success with his first novel, The Tin Drum Grass, Günter Wilhelm (1927– ) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1950s 20th century Literature German literature Fiction Europe 1960 1960 Niger becomes independent, with Hamani Diori as the new nation's first...
Italy: c. 3250 BCE - 2008
...Latin literature Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Empires 23 BCE 23 BCE The first three books of Horace's Odes are published, written on his Sabine farm Horace ( c. 65℃08 bc ) World Encyclopedia 1 1st century BCE Latin literature Roman empire Literature Poetry Europe Greece Empires c. 20 BCE 20 BCE The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture Augustus (63 bc – ad 14) World Encyclopedia 1 1st century BCE Latin literature Roman empire Literature Europe...
Caribbean: c. 1000 - 2010
...dissent Latin America North America United States 1928 1928 Caribbean-born author Jean Rhys publishes her first novel, Postures , based on her affair with the writer Ford Madox Ford Rhys, Jean (?1890–1979) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1920s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1930 1930 Rafael Trujillo establishes a dictatorship in the Dominican Republic that will last for 30 years Trujillo, Rafael Leónidas (24 Oct....
Canada: c. 30,000 years ago - 2006
...publishes The English Patient Ondaatje, Michael (1943– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1990s 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America 1992 1992 US-born Canadian author Carol Shields' novel The Republic of Love is set in her home town of Winnipeg Shields, Carol (1935–2003) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 1990s 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America 1993 1993 Liberal leader Jean Chrétien begins a 10-year spell as...
