Calendar of Anniversaries

Anniversaries of the Births and Deaths of Great Classical Liberal Thinkers and Other Authors in the OLL Collection

Anniversaries in January:

Birth: January 5, 1767 - the French political economist Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) [quote]
Birth: January 11, 1755 - the American political philosopher and statesman Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) [quote]
Birth: January 15, 1623 - the English political philosopher Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) [quote]
Birth: January 18, 1808 - the American individualist political philosopher Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) [quote]
100th Anniversary - Death: January 28, 1912 - the Belgian French political economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) [quote]
Birth: January 29, 1737 - the Anglo-American political philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809) [quote]

Anniversaries in February:

Birth: February 12, 1809 - the English biologist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) [quote]
Birth: February 15, 1748 - the English economist & political philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) [quote]
February 20: Presidents Day in the U.S. [selection of quotes] [illustrated essay]
Birth: February 22, 1732 - the American general and statesman George Washington (1732-1799) [quote]
Birth: February 26, 1564 - the English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) [quote]
Birth: February 26, 1671 - the English philosopher the Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) [quote]
Birth: February 26, 1808 - the French cartoonist and artist Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) [illustrated essay]
Death: February 26, 1921 - the Austrian economist Carl Menger (1840-1921) [quote]
Birth: February 28, 1533 - the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) [quote]

Anniversaries in March:

Birth: March 3, 1819 - the Belgian-French political economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) [quote]
Birth: March 16, 1751 - the American statesman and political theorist James Madison (1751-1836) [quote]
Death: March 18, 1781 - the French politician and economist Turgot (1727-1781) [quote]
Birth: March 21, 1685 - the German composer Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [quote]
Death: March 23, 1992 - the Austrian born Austrian economist Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992) [quote]
Death: March 27: John Bright - the English advocate of free trade John Bright (1811-1889) [quote]
Birth: March 28 - the English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) [quote]
Birth: March 30, 1864 - the German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer (1864-1943) [quote]
Birth: March 31, 1596 - the French mathematician and rationalist philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) [quote]

Anniversaries in April:

Death: April 2, 1865 - the English MP and campaigner for free trade and anti-war Richard Cobden (1804-1865)
Birth: April 4, 1588 – the English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Death: April 4, 397 – the theologian and Bishop of Milan St. Ambrose (c. 338-397)
Birth: April 6, 1773 – the Scottish political economist and historian James Mill (1773-1836)
Death: April 7, 1836 – the English political philosopher William Godwin ( 1756-1836)
Death: April 9, 1626 –the English philosopher of science Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Birth: April 10, 1583 – the Dutch legal philosopher Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
Birth: April 14, 1126 –the Arabian-Spanish physician and philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 1198)
Birth: April 13, 1743 – American revolutionary and 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Death: April 13, 1837 - the French legal and social theorist Charles Comte (1782-1837)
Death: April 16, 1126 –the Arabian-Spanish physician and philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 1198)
Death: April 16, 1859 - the French politician and social theorist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
Death: April 16, 1904 - the English journalist who wrote on "self-help" Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
Birth: April 19, 1772 – the English political economist David Ricardo (1772-1823)
Death: April 19, 1791 – the Welsh Presbyterian minister and moral philosopher Richard Price (1723-1791)
Death: April 19, 1882 – the English biologist Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Birth: April 22, 1724 –the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Birth: April 22, 1766 – the French historian and novelist Madame de Staël (1766-1817)
Birth and Death: April 23, 1564 – the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Birth: April 26, 121 – the Roman philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Birth: April 26, 1711 –the Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711-1776)
Birth: April 27, 1737 – the English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Birth: April 27, 1759 – the English feminist political theorist and novelist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Birth: April 27, 1820 – the English philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
Death: April 27, 1695 – the English radical Whig and Commonwealthman John Trenchard (1640-1695)
Death: April 27, 1882 –the American essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Birth: April 28, 1976 - the English historian of free banking Vera Smith (1912-1976)

Anniversaries in May:

Birth: May 3, 1469 – Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Death: May 3, 1616 – English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Death: May 6, 1862 – American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (181-18627)
Birth: May 7, 1711 – Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711-1776)
Birth: May 7, 1748 – French revolutionary theorist Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793)
Birth: May 8, 1899 – Austrian economist and[political theorist Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992)
Death: May 8, 1873 – English economist and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Birth: May 10, 1641 – English economist Dudley North (1641-1691)
Birth: May 10, 1727 – French economist and politician Anne Robert Turgot (1727-1781)
Death: May 14, 1887 – American legal theorist and political philosopher Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)
Death: May 17, 1829 – American statesman and diplomat John Jay (1745-1829)
Death: May 19, 1898 – English politician William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)
Birth: May 20, 1786 - French economist and political theorist Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)
Birth: May 20, 1806 – English economist and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Birth: May 20, 1822 – French economist and politician Frédéric Passy (1822-1912)
Birth: May 21, 1688 – English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Death: May 24, 1879 – American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)
Death: May 25, 1805 – English philosopher William Paley (1743-1805)
Death: May 26, 1653 – English conservative political theorist Robert Filmer (1588-1653)
Birth: May -27, 1623 – English economist William Petty (1623-1687)
Death: May 27, 1564 – French Protestant theologian John Calvin (1509-1564)
Death: May 30, 1593 – English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Death: May 30, 1744 – English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Death: May 30, 1778 – French poet and playwright Voltaire (1694-1778)
Death: May 30, 1832 - Scottish politician, moral philosopher, historian James Mackintosh (1765-1832)