Famous Birthdays Sep 18 Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, born in Erfurt, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1748) Sep 23 Johann Theodor Römhild, German organist and composer, born in Salzungen, Thuringia, Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1756) Born in 1684 Famous Deaths Sep 18 Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 Aug 1684 History by Year Oct 1684 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian