What Happened in September 1753

Historical Events

  • Sep 9 1st steam engine arrives in North American colonies
  • Sep 22 Pangeran Gusti installed as Sultan of Banten

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 2 Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Italian-French noble, Queen consort (in exile) of France (1795-1810), born at the Royal Palace of Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1810)
  • Sep 10 John Soane, English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum), born in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1837)
  • Sep 11 Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, born in Gotha, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1813)
  • Sep 29 Johann Gottfried Schicht, German composer, born in Reichenau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1823)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 16 Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian architect (Sanssouci) and painter, dies at 54
  • Sep 24 Georg Gebel, German musician and composer, dies at 45 [1]