September 5

Nonas September (The Nones of September); a dies fasti, on which legal matters are delt with.

Observances:

  • Feast of St Laurence Justinian

    Births:

  • 1187: Louis VIII of France
  • 1638: Louis XIV "The Sun-King" of France
  • 1847: Jesse James, American outlaw and folk hero
  • 1929: Bob Newhart, comedian
  • 1946: Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen; Loudon Wainwright III

    Deaths:

  • 1566: Suliman the Magnificent of Turkey
  • 1659: Pieter Brughel, artist.
  • 1997: Mother Teresa, nun and activist.

    Important Events:

  • 1774: First Continental Congress conveins in Philadelphia
  • 1793: "Reign of Terror" begins in France.

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