Historical Events
London Theatre Closure
Sep 2 English Long Parliament issues Ordinance ordering closure of London theatres including the Globe theatre, once part-owned by William Shakespeare
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 23 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer and violinist, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1678)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 3 Elisabeth of Nassau, Dutch daughter of William I of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon, Duchess of Bouillon (1595-1623), dies at 65
- Sep 12 Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, marquis de Cinq Mars, French nobleman, beheaded for treason in plot again Cardinal de Richelieu (b. 1620)
- Sep 29 René Goupil, French Jesuit Catholic missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs, 1st canonized Catholic martyr in North America, killed by Mohawks at 34
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