Famous Birthdays Sep 27 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, born in Marianella, Campania, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1787) Born in 1696 Famous Deaths Sep 16 Lambert Pietkin, Flemish composer, dies at 83 Aug 1696 History by Year Oct 1696 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian