Historical Events
Bossuet Tutors the Dauphin
Sep 18 French bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet appointed tutor to the Dauphin, son of Louis XIV
- Sep 21 Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet is consecrated as bishop
Famous Deaths
- Sep 16 William Penn, English admiral and politician, father of the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, dies at 49
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