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X-WR-CALNAME:Califa — Essayists 2026
X-WR-CALDESC:Short prose that argues\, observes\, and tests ideas in public
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UID:essayists-essayist-sontag-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260117
SUMMARY:Susan Sontag — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in New York City to a fur trader's family. Source: https:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag
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UID:essayists-essayist-ruskin-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121
SUMMARY:John Ruskin — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at Brantwood\, his Lake District home. Source: https://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
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UID:essayists-essayist-bacon-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260123
SUMMARY:Francis Bacon — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in London\, the son of a lord keeper. Source: https://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
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UID:essayists-essayist-mencken-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260130
SUMMARY:H. L. Mencken — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Baltimore\, the satirical scourge of American letters. 
 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
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UID:essayists-essayist-ruskin-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260209
SUMMARY:John Ruskin — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in London to a wealthy wine merchant. Source: https://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
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UID:essayists-essayist-lamb-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260211
SUMMARY:Charles Lamb — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in London\; his essays appeared as the persona Elia. Sourc
 e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lamb
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lamb
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UID:essayists-essayist-montaigne-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260301
SUMMARY:Michel de Montaigne — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born at the Château de Montaigne in south-west France. Source:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
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UID:essayists-essayist-bacon-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260410
SUMMARY:Francis Bacon — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at Highgate after catching a chill in the snow. Source: ht
 tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
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UID:essayists-essayist-hazlitt-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260411
SUMMARY:William Hazlitt — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Maidstone\, Kent\, to a Unitarian minister. Source: htt
 ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt
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UID:essayists-essayist-hitchens-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260414
SUMMARY:Christopher Hitchens — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Portsmouth\, England\, to a naval officer. Source: http
 s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens
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UID:essayists-essayist-arnold-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260416
SUMMARY:Matthew Arnold — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Liverpool while visiting his daughter. Source: https://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold
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UID:essayists-essayist-thoreau-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260507
SUMMARY:Henry David Thoreau — death
DESCRIPTION:Died of tuberculosis in Concord\, aged forty-four. Source: http
 s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
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UID:essayists-essayist-hume-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260508
SUMMARY:David Hume — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Edinburgh\, Scotland\, to a modest landowning family. S
 ource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
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UID:essayists-essayist-emerson-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260526
SUMMARY:Ralph Waldo Emerson — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Boston\, Massachusetts\, to a minister's family. Source
 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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UID:essayists-essayist-chesterton-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260530
SUMMARY:G. K. Chesterton — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Kensington\, London\, to an estate agent. Source: https
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
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UID:essayists-essayist-chesterton-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260615
SUMMARY:G. K. Chesterton — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at Beaconsfield\, Buckinghamshire\, after a long literary 
 career. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
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UID:essayists-essayist-rousseau-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629
SUMMARY:Jean-Jacques Rousseau — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Geneva\, then an independent city-state. Source: https:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
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UID:essayists-essayist-rousseau-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260703
SUMMARY:Jean-Jacques Rousseau — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at Ermenonville near Paris after a stroke. Source: https:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
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UID:essayists-essayist-eb-white-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260712
SUMMARY:E. B. White — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Mount Vernon\, New York\, to a piano manufacturer. Sour
 ce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White
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UID:essayists-essayist-thoreau-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260712
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260713
SUMMARY:Henry David Thoreau — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Concord\, Massachusetts\, where he spent most of his li
 fe. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
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UID:essayists-essayist-diderot-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801
SUMMARY:Denis Diderot — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Paris after editing the Encyclopédie for decades. Sour
 ce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot
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UID:essayists-essayist-hume-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260826
SUMMARY:David Hume — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Edinburgh after a long illness\, serene and cheerful. S
 ource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
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UID:essayists-essayist-locke-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260830
SUMMARY:John Locke — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Wrington\, Somerset\, to a Puritan family. Source: http
 s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
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UID:essayists-essayist-mencken-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260913
SUMMARY:H. L. Mencken — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Baltimore\, Maryland\, to a cigar manufacturer. Source:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
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UID:essayists-essayist-montaigne-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
SUMMARY:Michel de Montaigne — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at his château after years of kidney trouble. Source: htt
 ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
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UID:essayists-essayist-johnson-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
SUMMARY:Samuel Johnson — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, to a bookseller. Source: ht
 tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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UID:essayists-essayist-hazlitt-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
SUMMARY:William Hazlitt — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Soho\, London\, after a prolific critical career. Sourc
 e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt
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UID:essayists-essayist-eb-white-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002
SUMMARY:E. B. White — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Brooklin\, Maine\, after a long career at The New Yorke
 r. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White
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UID:essayists-essayist-diderot-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
SUMMARY:Denis Diderot — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Langres\, Champagne\, to a cutler. Source: https://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot
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UID:essayists-essayist-locke-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261029
SUMMARY:John Locke — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at Oates in Essex\, a founding voice of empiricism. Source
 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
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UID:essayists-essayist-voltaire-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261122
SUMMARY:Voltaire — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born François-Marie Arouet in Paris to a notary. Source: https
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
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UID:essayists-essayist-cs-lewis-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
SUMMARY:C. S. Lewis — death
DESCRIPTION:Died at his home in Oxford\, a week before his sixty-fifth birt
 hday. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
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UID:essayists-essayist-cs-lewis-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130
SUMMARY:C. S. Lewis — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, to a solicitor. Source: ht
 tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
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UID:essayists-essayist-didion-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206
SUMMARY:Joan Didion — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Sacramento\, California\, to a finance officer. Source:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Didion
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Didion
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UID:essayists-essayist-johnson-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214
SUMMARY:Samuel Johnson — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in London\, having shaped the English dictionary. Source: 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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UID:essayists-essayist-hitchens-death-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216
SUMMARY:Christopher Hitchens — death
DESCRIPTION:Died in Houston\, Texas\, of oesophageal cancer. Source: https:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens
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UID:essayists-essayist-santayana-birth-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261217
SUMMARY:George Santayana — birth
DESCRIPTION:Born in Madrid\, Spain\, and raised in Boston. Source: https://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana
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UID:essayists-rail-2026@califa.60r.tech
DTSTAMP:20261106T111931Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
SUMMARY:Essayists — year rail (5 entries)
DESCRIPTION:Year-precision entries are kept off the day grid. See the Calif
 a theme page.
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