Historical Events
- Sep 9 Alexander Twilight, probably first African American to graduate from a US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
8th Secretary of State
Sep 22 John Quincy Adams becomes US Secretary of State
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 5 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1875) [NS]
- Sep 6 Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation, born in Chelsea, England (d. 1893)
- Sep 7 Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark, born in Kassel, Electorate of Hesse, Imperial Confederate of Germany (d. 1898)
- Sep 9 Speed Smith Fry, American lawyer, judge, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Mercer County, Kentucky (d. 1892)
- Sep 13 John M. Palmer, American politician (U.S. Senator from Illinois) and American Civil War General (Union), born in Eagle Creek, Kentucky (d. 1900)
- Sep 14 Theodor Storm, German judge and author (Immensee, Der Schimmelreiter), born in Husum, Germany (d. 1888)
- Sep 21 Carter L. Stevenson, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1888)
- Sep 21 Charles Balmer, German composer, born in Gottingen, Germany (d. 1892)
- Sep 23 Léon Kreutzer, French composer and music critic, born in Paris France (d. 1868)
- Sep 24 Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras), born in Navia, Spain (d. 1901)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 9 Paul Cuffe, African American civil rights activist (helped settle Sierra Leone), dies at 58
