1994 Death Sandra Paretti, romantic novelist, dies at 59 1983 Event Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic," premieres in New York City 1979 Event Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in New York City 1956 Birthday Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic 1953 Birthday Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America 1953 Birthday Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress, Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy 1951 Birthday Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy 1949 Birthday Lenny White, born in New York City, New York, musician, drummer, performed on Miles Davis' 'Bitches' Brew', recorded 'No Mystery', 'Romantic Warrior' with Return to Forever 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1930 Event Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic," premieres 1929 Birthday Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist, Fiona, Coporation Wife 1913 Birthday Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye 1897 Birthday Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist, 1st Long Kiss 1875 Death Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 1871 Birthday Vernon Louis Parrington, author, Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1855 Death Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83 1852 Birthday Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright 1841 Birthday Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet 1839 Death Ethel Mary Dell, Mrs G T Savage, romantic novelist, dies 1826 Birthday Frederick Church, U.S. romantic landscape painter, Hudson River Sch 1825 Death Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise', dies at 62, in Bayreuth, Germany 1821 Death John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 1813 Birthday Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter, Wrecked 1811 Birthday Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist 1809 Birthday Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet, Danserinden 1801 Birthday Thomas Cole, U.S., romantic landscape painter, Hudson River School 1795 Birthday John Keats, born in London, England, romantic poet, Ode to a Grecian Urn 1792 Birthday Percy Bysshe Shelley, born in England, romantic poet, Adonais 1788 Birthday Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan 1786 Birthday Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer, Der Freischutz 1772 Birthday Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic, Lucinde 1771 Birthday Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1763 Birthday Jean Paul, born in Wunsiedel, Germany, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise' 1611 Event Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented
