Famous Birthdays Sep 3 Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist, composer, poet, and monk, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1634) Sep 5 Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet, born in Stignano, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1639) Born in 1568 Famous Deaths Sep 24 Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47 Jul 1568 History by Year Oct 1568 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian