Historical Events
Arrest of Nicolas Fouquet
Sep 5 Nicolas Fouquet, French Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV is arrested for maladministration of state funds; he died in 1680, never seeing freedom again.
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Georg Böhm, German organist and composer, born in Hohenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Güstrow (now Germany) (d. 1733)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 12 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
