Historical Events Sep 20 2nd West Indies Company forms Famous Birthdays Sep 7 Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, German soldier and served under Emperor Leopold I, born in Osnabrück, Germany (d. 1728) Sep 29 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, born in Paris, France (d. 1762) Born in 1674 Famous Deaths Sep 12 Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71), dies at 80 Sep 27 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary figure, financier and translator, dies at 85 Sep 27 Thomas Traherne, English poet and mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies Aug 1674 History by Year Oct 1674 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian