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See also: 1864 in literature, other events of 1865, 1866 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• July 4 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.

New Books

• Alec Forbes of Howglen[?] - George MacDonald
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
• From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne
• Germinie Lacerteux[?] - Edmond de Goncourt
• Guy Deverell[?] - Sheridan Le Fanu
• The Humbugs of the World[?] - P. T. Barnum
• The Life of Charlotte Bronte[?] - Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Lighthouse[?] - RM Ballantyne
• Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds[?] - Robert Smith Surtees[?]
• Our Mutual Friend[?] - Charles Dickens

Births

• December 30 - Rudyard Kipling (+ 1936)
• June 13 - William Butler Yeats (+ 1939)
• Sui-Sin Far[?] (Edith Maude Eaton) (+ 1914)

Deaths

• February 25 - Otto Ludwig[?], German novelist/playwright
• November 12 - Elizabeth Gaskell, writer

Awards