Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 3 George Hearst, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from California), born in Sullivan, Missouri (d. 1891)
- Sep 17 Earl Van Dorn, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Claiborne County, Mississippi (d. 1863)
- Sep 17 Émile Augier, French dramatist, born in Valence, Drôme, Kingdom of France (d. 1889)
- Sep 20 George Washington Morgan, American lawyer, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania (d. 1893)
- Sep 20 John Fulton Reynolds, American Major General (Union Army), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 1863)
- Sep 21 Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888)
- Sep 23 Thomas Kilby Smith, American lawyer, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1887)
- Sep 26 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita), born in Birsingha, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1891)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Jiaqing [Yongyan], 5th Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), dies at 59
- Sep 3 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
- Sep 7 Court Lambertus van Beyma, Frisian regent and leader of the Frisian patriots, dies at 67
- Sep 17 Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76
- Sep 21 Joseph Rodman Drake, American poet (American Flag), dies of consumption at 25
Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
Sep 26 American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), dies at 85
