Historical Events
Grand Assault on Gibraltar
Sep 13 The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and Spanish fleets including ten floating batteries and land forces is heavily defeated by the British garrison with all of the floating batteries destroyed and allied casualties of 1,473 compared to only 83 for the British
- Sep 16 Great Seal of the United States of America used for the first time
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 7 Bernardus Johannes Dibbets, Dutch baron and general-major (Maastricht), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1839)
- Sep 16 Daoguang, 7th Emperor of Qing Dynasty, born in Forbidden City, Beijing, China (d. 1850)
- Sep 23 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, French violinist, composer, and conductor, born in Lavaur, France (d. 1849)
- Sep 25 Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1824)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 6 Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
