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Sep 22 1290

Bilbo Baggins Fictional main character of J. R. R. Tolkiens 1937 novel The Hobbit (in Shire Reckoning)

Sep 22 1523

Charles de Bourbon French cardinal born in La Fert-sous-Jouarre France (d. 1590)

Sep 22 1547

Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin German philologist and poet (d. 1590)

Sep 22 1601

Anna van Oostenrijk queen of Francedaughter of Philip III

Sep 22 1680

Barthold Heinrich Brockes German poet (d. 1747)

Sep 22 1694

Lord Chesterfield letter writer introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)

Sep 22 1715

Jean-tienne Guettard French physician and scientist (d. 1786)

Sep 22 1717

Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)

Sep 22 1733

Anton Filtz [Fils] German composer born in Eichsttt (d. 1760)

Sep 22 1738

Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel Dutch jurist (Theses Selectae Select Theses on the Laws of Holland and Zeeland) born in Deventer Overijssel (d. 1816)

Sep 22 1741

Peter S Pallas German geologistzoologist (SiberiaKrim)

Sep 22 1757

Herman H Vitringa politician (National Meetings)

Sep 22 1765

Paolo Ruffini Italian mathematician (d. 1822)

Sep 22 1767

Jos Maurcio Nunes Garcia Brazilian classical composer (Master of Music at the Royal Chapel) born in Rio de Janiero Brazil (d. 1830)

Sep 22 1788

Theodore Edward Hook English author (d. 1841)

Sep 22 1791

Michael Faraday English scientist who discovered principle of electric motor born in Newington Butts England (d. 1867)

Sep 22 1796

Ret Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling Comm (Union Navy) (d. 1880)

Sep 22 1819

Wilhelm Wattenbach German historian (d. 1897)

Sep 22 1822

Eppa Hunton American representative and Brigadier-General who fought in most ANV campaigns born in Warrenton Virginia (d. 1908)

Sep 22 1827

John Grubb Parke American Major General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1900)

Sep 22 1829

William Worth Belknap American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newburgh New York (d. 1876)

Sep 22 1829

T c Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)

Sep 22 1833

Stephen Dill Lee Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1908)

Sep 22 1844

Sarah Bernhardt French actress (Camille Queen Elizabeth) born in Paris France (d. 1923) (birth poss 23rd Oct)

Sep 22 1864

Louis Van Deyssel writer (Small Republic One Love)

Sep 22 1870

Arthur Pryor American band composer and trombone player born in Saint Joseph Missouri (d. 1942)

Sep 22 1876

Andr Tardieu Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)

Sep 22 1878

Shigeru Yoshida Japanese Prime Minister (1946-54) born in Yokosuka (d. 1967)

Sep 22 1880

Asser B Kleerekoper journalist2nd-Member of parliament (SDAP)

Sep 22 1880

Dame Christabel Pankhurst English suffragist (d. 1958)

Sep 22 1884

Minerva Urecal American actress (Accent on Love Crazy Knights) born in Eureka California (d. 1966)

Sep 22 1885

Erich von Stroheim Austrian film director and actor (Sunset Boulevard Blind Husbands La Grande Illusion) born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)

Sep 22 1885

Ben Chifley Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)

Sep 22 1236 The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of iauliai.

Sep 22 1504 Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu

Sep 22 1504 Treaty of Blois Philip of Burgundy and Maximilian I and Louis XII

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