Historical Events Sep 12 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king Sep 15 King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons Sep 22 Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig Sep 26 France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant Events in 1733 Famous Birthdays Sep 18 George Read, American judge and signer (Declaration of Independence), born in Cecil County, Maryland (d. 1798) Sep 22 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt (d. 1760) Born in 1733 Famous Deaths Sep 11 François Couperin, French composer and organist (Les Concerts Royaux), dies at 64 Sep 25 Georg Motz, German composer, dies at 79 Aug 1733 History by Year Oct 1733 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian