What Happened in September 1680

Historical Events

  • Sep 26 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 22 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 2 Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
  • Sep 9 Henry Marten, English parliamentary judge and regicide (signed death warrant of King Charles I), dies imprisoned at Chepstow Castle at about 78
  • Sep 10 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, dies at 69
  • Sep 10 Marco Uccellini, Italian composer and violinist, dies (b. 1603)
  • Sep 11 Emperor Go-Mizunoo, 108th Emperor of Japan, dies at 84
  • Sep 11 Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)
  • Sep 25 Samuel Butler, English poet and satirist (Hudibras), dies at 67