Historical Events
Aaron Burr Acquitted of Treason
Sep 1 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
North River Steamboat
Sep 4 Robert Fulton begins operating scheduled passenger service on his steamboat between New York and Albany
- Sep 14 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 9 Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1886)
- Sep 11 Ignaz Lachner, German composer, born in Rain, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1895)
- Sep 25 Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1859)
- Sep 28 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, born in Boudevilliers, Switzerland (d. 1884)
