Thomas Erastus Swiss physician and theologist born in Baden Switzerland (d. 1583)
Clemens Thieme German composer born in Grossdittmannsdorf (d. 1668)
Paul Esterhazy Hungarian prince composer and patron born in Eisenstadt (d. 1713)
Ernest Augustus Duke of York and Albany German soldier and served under Emperor Leopold I born in Osnabrck Germany (d. 1728)
Maria Anna of Austria Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal born in Linz Austria (d. 1754)
Johan Ludvig Danish policitian (Minster of State 1735-51) (d. 1763)
Jean Monnet French composer born in Condrieu Rhne (d. 1785)
Matthus Gnther German painter born in Peissenberg Germany (d. 1788)
George-Louis Leclerc count de Buffon French naturalist and writer on natural history (Histoire naturelle gnrale et particulire) born in Montbard France (d. 1788)
Franois-Andr Danican Philidor French composer and chess champion born in Dreux France (d. 1795)
Damasus Brosmann Moravian composer born in Fulnek Czech Republic (d. 1798)
Elisabetta de Gambarini English composer born in Holles Street St Marylebone Middlesex (d. 1765)
Thomas Coutts Anglo-Scottish banker (Coutts & Co.) born in Ediburgh (d. 1822)
Luigi Galvani Italian anatomist and physicist born in Bologna Italy (d. 1798)
Joseph Legros French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres of his generation born in Monampteuil France (d. 1793)
Johan Tobias Sergel Swedish sculptor born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1814)
Willem Bilderdijk Dutch poet and literature (Disease of Scientists) born in Amsterdam (d. 1831)
Heinrich Stlzel German musician and composer born in Schneeberg Saxony (d. 1844)
Bernardus Johannes Dibbets Dutch baron and general-major (Maastricht) born in Arnhem Netherlands (d. 1839)
Frantiek Max Kne Czech composer born in Drahelice Czech Republic (d. 1840)
Samuel Wilberforce English bishop and one of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to Darwins theory of evolution) born in London (d. 1873)
Hermann Heinrich Gossen Prussian economist born in Dren Germany (d. 1858)
William Hemsley Emory American Major General (Union Army) born in Queen Annes County Maryland (d. 1887)
Howell Cobb American politician (U.S. Secretary of Treasury) born in Jefferson County Georgia (d. 1868)
John McDouall Stuart Australian explorer born in Dysart Fife Scotland (d. 1866)
Louise of Hesse-Kassel Queen of Denmark born in Kassel Electorate of Hesse Imperial Confederate of Germany (d. 1898)
Thomas Talbot 31st Governor of Massachusetts born in Cambridge New York (d. 1886)
Adriaan van Bevervoorde Dutch journalist (History of Holland) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1851)
August Kekule von Stradonitz German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring born in Darmstadt Hesse (d. 1896)
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden American geologist (Geograph Survey 1859-86) born in Westfield Massachusetts (d. 1887)
Alexandre Falguire French sculptor and painter born in Toulouse France (d. 1900)
August Toepler German physicist born in Brhl bei Bonn Germany (d. 1912)
Johannes Zukertort German chess player born in Lublin Russian Empire (d. 1888)
Sep 07 1251 BC A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece.
Sep 07 1497 Flemish pretender Perkin Warbeck acclaimed as English King Richard IV on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall
Sep 07 1525 Trial against heretic John Pistorius ends in the Hague