Historical Events
Le Fils Naturel
Sep 26 Denis Diderot's play "Le Fils naturel" premieres in Paris
Famous Birthdays
Archduke Charles (1771-1847)
Sep 5 Duke of Teschen, Austrian field marshal during the Napoleonic wars, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy)
- Sep 11 Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (first westerner to travel the central Niger River in Africa), born in Selkirkshire, Scotland (d. 1806)
- Sep 14 Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1829)
- Sep 17 Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1816)
- Sep 23 Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 17 Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist, surgeon and critic (The Adventures of Roderick Random), dies at 50
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