Famous Birthdays Sep 9 Armand Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, French statesman and Cardinal (chief minister to Louis XIII 1624-42), born in Paris, France (d. 1642) Sep 10 Ercole Porta, Italian church composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1630) Born in 1585 Aug 1585 History by Year Oct 1585 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian