Literature year 1854

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Overview of the literary years
Further events

Events

prose

Illustration by Lorenz Frølich for the short story Meister Zacharius

April / May: Jules Verne publishes his short story Maître Zacharius ou l'horloger qui avait perdu son âme in two parts . Tradition genevoise ( Master Zacharius ) in the Musée des familles magazine .

Theodor Fontane publishes his experience report A Summer in London .

Ludwig Bechstein's historical novel Der Dunkelgraf is published by Meidinger in Frankfurt am Main .

Poetry

December 3 : Theodor Fontane carries the ballad Archibald Douglas , for which he has taken over the so-called " Chevy Chase verse " of the old Scottish and Old English ballad poets, under the title Der Exile at the foundation festival of the tunnel over the Spree in Arnims Hotel (Unter den Linden 44) in the presence of Theodor Storm for the first time to great cheers.

drama

The comedy Poverty is Not a Vice ( Бедность не порок ) by Alexander Ostrowski is in print and has its world premiere on January 25th at the Maly Theater in Moscow.

Periodicals

The gazebo 1854

Scientific works

August 26th : French inventor Charles Bourseul describes the telephone in L'illustration magazine . However, he is not taken seriously and does not pursue his idea any further.

Theodor Mommsen publishes the first volume of his major work, Roman History .
Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle wrote the groundbreaking study Polyglotta Africana , in which he compared around 120 African languages .

religion

Pope Pius IX with the bull Ineffabilis Deus on the altar of Maria Immaculata in the Freiburg Minster

December 8th : Pope Pius IX. proclaims the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with his letter Ineffabilis Deus .

Born

January 9 : Jennie Churchill , American-English philanthropist and author († 1921 )
January 10 : Heinrich Köselitz , German writer and composer († 1918 )
January 19 : Elisabeth Dauthendey , German writer († 1943 )
January 26 : Eli Marcus , German writer and actor († 1935 )

February 6 : Korl Biegemann , German doctor and dialect poet († 1937 )

March 12 : Gottfried Strasser , Swiss pastor and poet († 1912 )
March 25 : Max Grube , German actor, theater director and writer († 1934 )

April 16 : Jacob van Rees , Dutch author and anarchist († 1928 )
May 6 : Jean Bungartz , German animal painter and author († 1934 )

June 7 : Max Kretzer , German writer († 1941 )
June 7 : Charlotte Niese , German writer, local poet and teacher († 1935 )
June 14 : Nell Kimball , American prostitute and author († 1934 )
June 17 : Ossip Schubin , Czech-German writer († 1934 )

August 6 : Louis de Gramont , French journalist, playwright and librettist († 1912 )
August 7th : Hermione von Preuschen , German painter and writer († 1918 )
August 12 : Ignát Herrmann , Czech writer, humorist and editor († 1935 )
August 18 : Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem , German writer († 1941 )
August 20 : Paul Schlenther , German theater critic, writer and theater director († 1916 )

September 2 : Hans Jæger , Norwegian writer and anarchist († 1910 )
September 11 : Peter Hille , German writer († 1904 )
September 22nd : Henny Koch , German writer and translator († 1925 )

October 16 : Oscar Wilde , Irish writer († 1900 )
October 20 : Alphonse Allais , French writer and humorist († 1905 )
October 20 : Arthur Rimbaud , French poet († 1891 )

December 10 : Ernst Henrici , German high school teacher, writer and politician († 1915 )

Died

January 5 : Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer , German literary historian (* 1809 )
February 18 : Thomas Eastoe Abbott , English poet (* 1786 )
February 24 : Julius Hundiker , German novelist (* 1784 )
April 9 : Antoine Jay , French lawyer and writer (* 1770 )
July 5 : Émile Souvestre , French novelist and stage poet (* 1806 )
August 2 : Heinrich Clauren , German writer (* 1771 )
September 3 : Christoph von Schmid , German poet and author of books for young people (* 1768 )
October 22 : Jeremias Gotthelf , Swiss writer and pastor (* 1797 )
October 30 : Ferdinand Sauter , Austrian poet (* 1804 )
November 2 : Anton Pann , Romanian-speaking poet, composer and musicologist (* between 1794 and 1798)
December 3 : Johann Peter Eckermann , German poet (* 1792 )

Web links

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Digitized newspapers from 1854 in the newspaper information system (ZEFYS) of the Berlin State Library
Austrian newspapers from 1854 in AustriaN Newspaper Online (ANNO) of the Austrian National Library