Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1826)
- Sep 4 François René de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala), born in Saint-Malo, France (d. 1848)
- Sep 12 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
- Sep 14 Georg Johann Schinn, German composer, born in Sinzig, Germany (d. 1833)
- Sep 23 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace, invented the eidograph), born at Dysart, Scotland (d. 1843)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician, dies at 64
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