What Happened in September 1668

Historical Events

  • Sep 16 Polish King John II Casimir Vasa resigns and goes to France the following year
  • Sep 29 English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch (beginning of Hudson Bay Company) [1]

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 19 William Waller, English parliamentary commander during English Civil War (b. c. 1598)