Historical Events Sep 26 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware Famous Birthdays Sep 12 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730) Sep 19 Jan Luyts, Dutch physicist and mathematician, born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1721) Famous Deaths Sep 3 Johan Wolfert van Brederode, Dutch governor (Hertogenbosch) and field marshal, dies at 56 Sep 7 Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1654 History by Year 1656 Famous People by Nationality American British Canadian French German Russian