Historical Events
- Sep 1 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Oregon Country (now US state of Washington)
- Sep 1 Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem
Houston Elected President
Sep 5 Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
Nature
Sep 9 Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his influential essay "Nature" in the US, outlining his beliefs in transcendentalism
- Sep 25 HMS Beagle anchors at St Michael
Famous Birthdays
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908)
Sep 7 British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1905-08), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Sep 10 Joseph Wheeler, American Major General (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1906)
- Sep 10 Karl Merz, German-American composer (Brainard's Musical World), born in Bernsheim, Germany (d. 1890)
- Sep 11 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (The Hasheesh Eater), born in New York City (d. 1870)
- Sep 13 John McCausland, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1927)
- Sep 14 Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27), born in Amsterdam (d. 1925)
- Sep 28 Thomas Crapper, English plumber, bathroom fittings seller who contributed to sanitary engineering, baptized in Thorne, Yorkshire (d. 1910) [1]
Famous Deaths
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Sep 14 3rd US Vice President (D-R: 1801-05) who killed Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel, dies at 80
- Sep 14 Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian composer, dies at 60
- Sep 17 Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (Classification of flowering plants), dies at 88
- Sep 19 Carl Friedrich Ebers, German composer and conductor, dies at 66
- Sep 21 John Stafford Smith, British organist, and composer ("The Anacreontic Song", later used for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"), dies at 86
- Sep 23 María Malibran (née García) Spanish operatic contralto and soprano, dies from head injuries several months after falling from a horse at 28
