1939 Death Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71 1912 Birthday Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1908 Death Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 1897 Birthday Naomi Mitchison, author, African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill 1890 Birthday John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer 1889 Death Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52 1885 Death Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 1879 Birthday Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer, Fairy, Samodiva Fee 1875 Death Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 1874 Birthday Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1867 Birthday Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1864 Birthday Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer 1844 Birthday Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book 1837 Birthday Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author, Amintiti the Copilarie 1835 Event Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1812 Birthday Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer 1805 Birthday Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 1798 Birthday Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends 1786 Birthday Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1785 Birthday Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector 1703 Death Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
