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Germans invade Poland

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Aaron Burr acquitted of treason

Elisabeth Richeza of Poland Queen of Poland (d. 1335)
Gonzalo Fernndez de Crdoba Spanish general (d. 1515)
Charles Philip of Croij marquis of Havreearl of Fontenoy etc
Edward Alleyn English actor and founder of Dulwich College born in London England (d. 1626)
Henry II Prince of Cond French nobleman (d. 1646)
Giacomo Torelli Italian stage designer and engineer born in Fano Italy
Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
Kilian I von Dientzenhofer Bavarian master builder (Prague)
Willem IV KH Friso Dutch prince of Orange-Nassau
John Nieuwenhuijzen theologistco-founder (Society of It General)
Thomas Erskine 6th Earl of Kellie Scottish composer and musician born in Kellie Castle Scotland (d. 1781)
Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder composer [or Apr 9]
Wilhelmus Kist writerdirector of Dutch Staatscourant
Lydia Sigourney American religious author (How to Be Happy)
Richard Delafield American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1873)
Isaac Hardin Duval American businessman and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Wellsburg West Virginia (d. 1902)
Jacobus J Cremer painterauthor (Overbetuwsche Novellen)
James Conner Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1883)
Paul S Methuen English fieldmarshalgovernor of NatalMalta
Auguste-Henri Forel Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
Elizabeth Harrison American educator (National Congress of Parents & Teachers)
Engelbert Humperdinck German opera composer (Hnsel und Gretel) born in Siegburg Westphalia (d. 1921)
Innokenty Annensky Omsk Russian Empire poet critic and interpreter (potes maudits)
Sergei Winogradsky Russian scientist (d. 1953)
Alphons Diepenbrock Dutch composer [or Sept 2]
Roger David Casement Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916)
James J. Corbett American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1892-97) born in San Francisco California (d. 1933)
Henri Bourassa French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
J. Reuben Clark Jr. American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
Guy Standing English actor (Cradle Song) born in London England (d. 1937)
Ismar Elbogen GermanUS rabbi (Encyclopedia Judaica)
Edgar Rice Burroughs American author (Tarzan of the Apes Mars Saga) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1950)
Harriet Shaw Weaver English political activist (d. 1961)
Sep 01 1181 Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III
Sep 01 1255 Knigsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) founded by Teutonic Knights and named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II
Sep 01 1267 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem