What Happened in September 1712

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 1 Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator, engraver and etcher, born in Amsterdam (d. 1784)
  • Sep 23 Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1759)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 14 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian French mathmetician and astronomer (discovered four moons of Saturn), dies at 87
  • Sep 22 José Solana, Spanish composer and organist, dies at 69
  • Sep 30 Johann Michael Zächer, Austrian composer, dies at 61