September 17

The Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen, a composer, medical writer and visionary, died at Rupertsberg near Bingen.

The Jesuit cardinal and theologian Robert Bellarmine, a leading writer of the Counter-Reformation, died in Rome.

Anagarika Dharmapala, the Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and founder of the Maha Bodhi Society, was born in Colombo.

Adam Falkenstein, a leading scholar of the Sumerian language and the tablets of Uruk, was born at Planegg near Munich.

The cargo ship Jaladuta reached Boston on this day in 1965, bringing A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to America to teach Krishna devotion.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Gelug-trained monk who founded the New Kadampa Tradition, died in England at age 91.