Historical Events Sep 12 Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor Famous Birthdays Sep 12 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam), born in New York City (d. 1785) Sep 22 Adolph Carl Kunzen, German composer, born in Wittenberg (d. 1781) Born in 1720 Famous Deaths Sep 3 Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, dies at 72 Aug 1720 History by Year Oct 1720 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian