Sep 20 First Battle of Newbury (English civil war): King Charles I's forces beaten by a parliamentary army led by the Earl of Essex and Philip Stapleton
Famous Birthdays
Sep 17 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1715)
Sep 27 Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman, born in Boston (d. 1729)