Historical Events
- Sep 17 Dutch sailors claim island of Mauritius for Netherlands - name it after Maurice, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau
Ben Jonson Arrested After Duel
Sep 22 Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is arrested and jailed for manslaughter as the result of a duel where he killed actor Gabriel Spenser [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 23 Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
Famous Deaths
Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)
Sep 13 King of Spain (1556-98) and Portugal (1580-98), dies of cancer at 71
- Sep 15 Hidejoshi [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist and kampaku, dies
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598)
Sep 18 Japanese daimyō and warrior known as Japan's second "great unifier", dies at 61
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