Historical Events
A Treatise of Human Nature
Sep 26 Scottish philosopher David Hume enters into a contract to publish the first two volumes of his seminal work "A Treatise of Human Nature" with John Noon in London
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 20 Václav Norbert Brixi, Czech organist, composer and priest (aka s Jeroným), born in Manětín, Bohemia (d. 1803)
- Sep 22 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel, Dutch jurist (Theses Selectae, Select Theses on the Laws of Holland and Zeeland), born in Deventer, Overijssel (d. 1816)
- Sep 25 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware, born in New Castle County, Delaware (d. 1789)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 23 Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69
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