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Claudius Clavus Danish cartographer born in Salling Island of Fnen
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim German royal astrologer physician and theologian born in Cologne Holy Roman Empire (d. 1535)
Philipp Apianus [BennewitzBienewitz] German mathematician and cartographer born in Ingolstadt Germany (d. 1589)
Claudio Aquaviva Italian Jesuit priest (5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus) born in Atri Italy (d. 1615)
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Dutch lawyer and statesman born in Amersfoort Netherlands (d. 1619)
Francisco Gmez de Quevedo Spanish poet and writer born in Madrid Spain (d. 1645)
Gisbert Cuper Dutch classicist and historian born in Hemmen Gelderland Netherlands (d. 1716)
Thomas Baker English antiquarian born in Lanchester Durham (d. 1746)
Johann Kies German astronomer and mathematician born in Tbingen Germany (d. 1781)
Eliphalet Dyer American statesman and judge born in Windham Connecticut (d. 1807)
Joseph Paul Ziegler Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1767)
Ignaz Vitzthumb Austrian musician composer and conductor born in Baden bei Wien Austria (d. 1816)
Robert Raikes British philanthropist and Sunday school pioneer born in Gloucester England (d. 1811)
Michael Haydn Austrian composer born in Rohrau Austria (d. 1806)
James Wilson One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution born in Carskerdo Scotland (d. 1798)
Johann Paul Schulthesius German composer born in Neustadt bei Coburg Germany (d. 1816)
Luigi Cherubini Italian prodigy and composer born in Florence (d. 1842)
Pavel Lambert Maek Czech composer born in Zvkovec Czech Republic (d. 1826)
Georg Johann Schinn German composer born in Sinzig Germany (d. 1833)
Nikolay Raevsky Russian general and statesman born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1829)
Lord William Henry Cavendish Bentinck British soldier and statesman (Governor-General of India 1828-1835) born in Buckinghamshire England (d. 1839)
Gino Capponi Italian marquis literary and Premier of Toscane born in Florence Italy (d. 1876)
John Gould British ornithologist and bird artist born in Lyme Regis Dorset (d. 1881)
Louis Dsir Maigret French Catholic prelate born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maill France (d. 1882)
Theodor Storm German judge and author (Imense China) born in Husum Germany (d. 1888)
Henry Jackson Hunt American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 1889)
Joseph Hayes American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in York County Maine (d. 1912)
Y de Smit-Rog oldest citizen of Netherlands (d. 1940 at 104)
Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal 1918-27) born in Amsterdam (d. 1925)
Nikolai Bugaev Russian mathematician born in Georgia Russian Empire (d. 1903)
John Pelham U.S. Confederate artillery major born in Alexandria Alabama (d. 1863)
George Elbridge Whiting American composer born in Holliston Massachusetts (d. 1923)
William Edward Ayrton English Physicist and Inventor born in London England (d. 1908)
Sep 14 1163 Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland
Sep 14 1515 Battle at Marignano ends in FrenchVenetian victory
Sep 14 1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly Donegal Ireland.