EServer: Today In History: November 21

We know of 6 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on November 21:

Artist René Magritte was born on this day in 1898.
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, the greatest of the French neoclassical satirists, was born on this day in 1691. His conte philosophique Candide grew out of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
On this day in 1910, Count Leo Tolstoy died in a Russian train station, in the station master's office. His character Anna Karenina died in a railway accident at a similar station.
The English poet James Hogg, known as the Etterick Shepherd for his rural themes, died on this day in 1835.
The father of French romantic landscape painting, Claude Lorrain, died on this day in 1682.
The first permanent theater building in America, the Southwerk Theater, began operating in Philadelphia on this day in 1766.

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		We know of 6 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on November 21: Artist René Magritte was born on this day in 1898. François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, the greatest of the French neoclassical satirists, was born on this day in 1691. His conte philosophique Candide grew out of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. On this day in 1910, Count Leo Tolstoy died in a Russian train station, in the station master's office. His character Anna Karenina died in a railway accident at a similar station. The English poet James Hogg, known as the Etterick Shepherd for his rural themes, died on this day in 1835. The father of French romantic landscape painting, Claude Lorrain, died on this day in 1682. The first permanent theater building in America, the Southwerk Theater, began operating in Philadelphia on this day in 1766.