Historical Events
- Sep 1 2nd National Meeting in Hague
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 6 William "Extra Billy" Smith, American lawyer, politician (Governor of Virginia, 1846-49 and 1864-65; US Representative from Virginia, 1853-61), and oldest General in the Confederate Army, born in Marengo, Virginia (d. 1887)
- Sep 16 Anthony Panizzi, Italian patriot, writer, and English librarian (British Museum, 1831-66), born in Brescello, Cisalpine Republic (now Italy) (d. 1879)
Famous Deaths
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Sep 10 English author and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, dies of septicaemia at 38
