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Scipio Slataper
1888Jul, 14

Scipio Slataper

Scipio Slataper, Italian author and critic (d. 1915)
Scipio Slataper (14 July 1888 – 3 December 1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical essay My Karst. He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, as the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.

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  • 31Aug

    Jack the Ripper

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  • 4Sep

    Kodak

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  • 8Sep

    Annie Chapman

    In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • 30Sep

    Elizabeth Stride

    Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.