Sep 14 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian French mathmetician and astronomer (discovered four moons of Saturn), dies at 87 Sep 22 José Solana, Spanish composer and organist, dies at 69 Sep 30 Johann Michael Zächer, Austrian composer, dies at 61 Aug 1712 Famous Deaths by Year Nov 1712 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning