What Happened in September 1742

Historical Events

  • Sep 24 Faneuil Hall, Boston, opens to the public

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 14 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, born in Carskerdo, Scotland (d. 1798)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 24 Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
  • Sep 27 Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
  • Sep 28 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman, dies at 79