Historical Events
Cornelis de Houtman Taken Hostage
Sep 5 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java, is later ransomed
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 4 Constantijn Huygens, Dutch diplomat and poet, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1687)
- Sep 23 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and publisher ( 1st to use heliocentric theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, Atlas Major), born in Alkmaar (d. 1673)
- Sep 28 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian and mayor of Brugge, born in Brugge, Belgium (d. 1652)
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