Historical Events
Oh! Susanna
Sep 11 1st singing of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Sep 12 Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins
- Sep 13 Battle of Chapultepec: American forces capture Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War allowing US General Winfield Scott to go on to take Mexico City
- Sep 14 US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Sep 16 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys bard's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
Jesse James (1847-1882)
Sep 5 American outlaw and son of a clergyman, born in Kearney, Missouri
- Sep 13 Charles Dupee Blake, American composer, born in Walpole, Massachusetts (d. 1903)
- Sep 14 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist and Inventor, born in London, England (d. 1908)
- Sep 16 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1933)
- Sep 20 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1882)
- Sep 30 Wilhelmina Drucker [Lensing], Dutch feminist and writer (Women's Mutual Protection Society), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1925)
