1943 Event Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured 1937 Death J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 1863 Birthday Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, Nobel 1925 1817 Death Jane Austen, British Writer 1817 Death Jane Austen, writer, dies 1817 Birthday Austen H. Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat 1775 Birthday Jane Austen, England, novelist, Pride and Prejudice
