Birthdays in History Sep 27 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician, born in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1800) Deaths in History Sep 7 John Harris, English writer Sep 19 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 Sep 19 Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried Sep 21 Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647) Sep 27 George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662) 1718 On This Day in History 1720