Historical Events Sep 26 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware Famous Birthdays Sep 12 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730) Sep 19 Jan Luyts, Dutch physicist and mathematician, born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1721) Born in 1655 Famous Deaths Sep 3 Johan Wolfert van Brederode, Dutch governor (Hertogenbosch) and field marshal, dies at 56 Sep 7 Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist and poet, dies (birth date unknown) Aug 1655 History by Year Oct 1655 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian