Events in History Sep 27 The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. Birthdays in History Sep 12 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), born in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England (d. 1686) Sep 23 Daniel von Czepko, German poet Sep 28 Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (Astronomia Philolaica) and mathematician, born in Loudun, Vienne, France (d. 1694) Deaths in History Sep 14 Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Krakow (b. 1550) Sep 23 Pontus de Tyard, French poet 1604 On This Day in History 1606