As promised, on the 23rd of every month I will post a list of literary author birthdays. I came across the list on Book Lover Gifts website. Feel free to add your favorite authors special day. Put it in the comments section, just wait for their birth month.
- 02 Feb 1882 - James Joyce, author of Ulysses
- 07 Feb 1812 - Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol
- 08 Feb 1828 - Jules Verne, author of Around the World in Eighty Days
- 26 Feb 1802 - Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables
February Facts:
- It is the shortest month of the year (even with leap year). The Welsh call February “y mis bach” which means “little month.”
- It is the third month of winter.
- The word February comes from the Latin februum which means purification.
- Along with January, it was the last of the months added to the Roman calendar.
- The Saxon term for February is Sol-monath which means “cake month.” February was the month the Saxons offered cakes to the gods.
- Folklore: If February give
much snow, a fine summer it doth foreshow.
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