Historical Events
- Sep 8 Battle of Lake George in the Province of New York: British army beats French
Casanova Imprisoned
Sep 12 Giacomo Casanova is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in Venice without trial for affront to religion and common decency
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 4 Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1810)
- Sep 9 Benjamin Bourne, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island), born in Bristol, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British America (d. 1808)
- Sep 13 Oliver Evans, American inventor who pioneered high-pressure steam engine, born in Newport, Delaware (d. 1819)
John Marshall (1755-1835)
Sep 24 4th Chief Justice of the United States (1801-35), born in Germantown, Virginia
