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Robert Louis Stevenson is born

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, known for scottish novelist and poet, was born on 1850-11-13.

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, known for scottish novelist and poet, was born on 1850-11-13. Robert Louis Stevenson (Louis like Lewis; born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1893), and the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).

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Robert Louis Stevenson is Scottish novelist and poet.

Key People

Robert Louis Stevenson

novelist and poet

Scottish novelist and poet

Events Before

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    Dutch Princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate after 18-1/2 years of marriage

  2. Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le prophète" premieres in Paris

    Le prophète (The Prophet) is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, which was premiered in Paris on 16 April 1849.

  3. Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France

    Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France

  4. Prime Minister of Canada John Abbott (28) weds Mary Bethune at bride's parents home

    Prime Minister of Canada John Abbott (28) weds Mary Bethune at bride's parents home

  5. First chamber music group in the US gives its first concert in Boston, Massachusetts

    First chamber music group in the US gives its first concert in Boston, Massachusetts

Events After

  1. City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line

    City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line

  2. Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" premieres in Venice

    Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.

  3. Sojourner Truth addresses the first Black Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio

    Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.

  4. American inventor Isaac Singer patents his famous sewing machine

    Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark.

  5. Second US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Brinley Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Second US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Brinley Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts

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What happened on November 13, 1850?
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, known for scottish novelist and poet, was born on 1850-11-13. Robert Louis Stevenson (Louis like Lewis; born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1893), and the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
Why is Robert Louis Stevenson is born significant?
Robert Louis Stevenson is Scottish novelist and poet.
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