What Happened in September 1700

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 9 Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, born in Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
  • Sep 11 James Thomson, Scottish poet (Rule Britannia), born in Ednam, Scotland (d. 1748)
  • Sep 30 Stanisław Konarski, Polish political writer and Catholic priest who influenced education reform in Poland, born in Żarczyce Duże, Poland (d. 1773)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 15 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
  • Sep 23 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, German composer, dies at 59
  • Sep 27 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85