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What Happened in September 1659

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Historical Events

  • Sep 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)

Robinson Crusoe Shipwrecked

Sep 30 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Daniel Defoe's famous novel)

Novelist Daniel Defoe
Events in 1659

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 3 Michel Sarrazin, French surgeon and naturalist (kings physician in New France, discovered sarsaparilla), baptized at Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, France (d. 1734) [1]
  • Sep 10 Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (Dido & Aeneas), born in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster (d. 1695)
Born in 1659

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 5 Pieter de Carpentier, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies 1623-27, Gulf of Carpentaria named after him), dies at 71


What Happened in 1659

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