Historical Events
Succession of Richard Cromwell
Sep 3 Richard Cromwell ("Tumbledown Dick") succeeds his father as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
Famous Deaths
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
Sep 3 English general and puritan Lord Protector of England (1653-58), dies at 59
- Sep 22 Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, German poet and translator, dies at 50