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Maria Queen of Hungary as wife of Louis II and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1531-55) born in Brussels (d. 1558)
Catherine of Austria queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
Erasmus Widmann German composer born in Schwbisch Hall Baden-Wrttemberg (d. 1634)
Charles Annibal Fabrot French lawyer born in Aix-en-Provence France (d. 1659)
Franois VI duc de La Rochefoucauld French writer of maxims and memoirs born in Paris Kingdom of France (d. 1680)
Titus Oates English minister and plotter born in Oakham Rutland England (d. 1705)
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain and mother of George II born in Celle Germany (d. 1726)
Gottfried Kirchhoff German composer born in Mhlbeck Bitterfeld Germany (d. 1746)
Ignazio Prota Italian composer born in Naples (d. 1748)
Jean-Sylvain Bailly French astronomer noted for his computation of an orbit for Halleys Comet (1759) and author of History of Ancient Astronomy from Its Origin to the Establishment of the School of Alexandria born in Paris (d. 1793)
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars born in Potsdam Brandenburg (d. 1824)
Friedrich Heine German composer born in Leipzig (d. 1821)
Paolo Francesco Parenti Italian composer born in Naples Italy (d. 1821)
Louis Clapisson French composer and violinist born in Naples Italy (d. 1866)
Jan Nepomuk kroup Czech composer born in Osice Czech Republic (d. 1892)
Willem Josephus van Zeggelen Dutch author born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1879)
Edward Wolff Polish pianist and composer born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1880)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov Russian chemist (discoverer of hexamine (1859)) born in Chistopol Kazan Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1886)
Jos de la Cruz Porfirio Daz Mori President of Mexico (1877-1911) born in Oaxaca Mexico (d. 1915)
Heinrich von Treitschke German historian and political writer born in Dresden Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
Leo van Gheluwe Belgian composer born in Wannegem-Lede East Flanders (d. 1914)
Willem F Mauritius HK prince of Orangeson of king Willem III
Josif Marinkovi Serbian composer born in Vranjevo Novi Beej (d. 1931)
Jan Matzeliger Surinamese-Dutch inventor (shoe lacing machine) born in Paramaribo Suriname (d. 1889)
Edward Bouchet American physicist 1st African American to receive US Ph.D born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1918)
Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld French explorerhermit
Jen Hubay Hungarian composer born in Pest Hungary (d. 1937)
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya Indian engineer (d. 1962)
Henri [Lucien] Capitant French lawyer (Loi Falcidie)
Nicolaus Adriani linguist (Middle-Celebes languages)
Bruno Walter [B W Schlesinger] conductor (NY Phil) born in Berlin Germany
Frank E Gannett newspaper publisher (Gannett) born in Rochester New York
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian novelist (d. 1938)
Sep 15 1514 Thomas Wolsey appointed English Archbishop of York
Sep 15 1584 San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished
Sep 15 1590 Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII