Historical Events
- Sep 15 Battle of Signal Hill, the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 6 Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, Dutch naval officer (Bombardment of Algiers), born in Nijmegen, Dutch Republic (d. 1824)
- Sep 11 Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet and playwright, born in Bothwell, Scotland (d. 1851)
- Sep 16 Charles de Merode, Earl of Merode, Mayor of Brussels and French senator, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1830)
- Sep 24 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), born in Kings Sutton, England (d. 1850)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 17 Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 74
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