Historical Events
Battle of Bárbula
Sep 30 Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla
Famous Birthdays
Mark Hopkins (1813-1878)
Sep 1 American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad), born in Henderson, New York
- Sep 11 Conrad Feger Jackson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Alsace Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
- Sep 13 John Sedgwick, American Major General (Union Army), who is best remembered for his famous last words "they couldn't hit an elephant at this distance" before being shot in battle, born in Cornwall, Connecticut (d. 1864)
- Sep 28 Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general, mortally wounded in battle at 50
Edmund Randolph (1753-1813)
Sep 12 US Founding Father, 1st US Attorney General (1789-94) and 2nd US Secretary of State (1794-95), dies at 60
