Historical Events
Historic Invention
Sep 10 Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine
- Sep 15 Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal
Two Poets in Love
Sep 18 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange their last letters before they move to Italy
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 4 Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers), born in Henderson, New York (d. 1912)
- Sep 5 John W Cromwell, American lawyer and civil right activist (American Negro Academy), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1927)
- Sep 7 Donald Petrie, Scottish botanist and educator noted for his work in New Zealand, born in Edinkillie, Scotland (d. 1925)
- Sep 13 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1915)
- Sep 20 Agnes Tyrrell, Czech pianist and composer, born in Brno, Moravia (d. 1883)
- Sep 25 Wladimir Köppen [Vladimir Köppen], German meteorologist and climatologist who developed the Köppen climate classification system for the regions of the world, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1940)
Famous Weddings
Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Robert Browning
Sep 12 Poet and playwright Robert Browning (34) weds fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett (40) at Marylebone Church in London
