Virginia Woolf was born on 25 January 1882 in London. An English writer born in London, Woolf was a central figure of literary modernism and of the Bloomsbury Group. In novels such as Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and The Waves she developed a flowing, interior style that followed the shifting thoughts and impressions of her characters, and in Orlando she played with time and gender. Her essay A Room of One's Own argued that a woman needs money and a space of her own in order to write. With her husband Leonard she founded the Hogarth Press, which published her own books and those of other leading authors. She suffered from periods of severe depression and took her own life in 1941.
Before and after
- 28 November 1881Birth of Stefan Zweig
- 4 December 1881Founding of HEC Paris
- 1882Founding of Burnley F.C.
- from 1882 to 1918Kingdom of Serbia
- 25 January 1882Birth of Virginia Woolf
- 30 January 1882Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 2 February 1882Birth of James Joyce
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
- 24 March 1882Robert Koch identifies the tuberculosis bacillus
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