Historical Events
- Sep 1 California Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
Film & TV History
Sep 10 1st performance by American actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
- Sep 13 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
Harriet Tubman Escapes
Sep 17 Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Elizabeth Harrison, American educator (National Congress of Parents & Teachers), born in Athens, Kentucky (d. 1927)
- Sep 3 Sarah Orne Jewett, American author (Country of the Pointed Firs), born in South Berwick, Maine (d. 1909)
- Sep 11 William Cooper, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 9 wickets, BB 6/120; Victoria), born in Maidstone, England (d. 1939)
- Sep 17 Vaclav Juda Novotny, Czech composer and music critic, born in Vesce (d. 1922)
- Sep 21 Edmund Gosse, English poet, author (Father & Son) and critic, born in London (d. 1928)
- Sep 21 Maurice Barrymore [Herbert Blythe], Indian-born British actor and patriarch of the Barrymore family, born in Fort Agra, India (d. 1905)
- Sep 22 John Godden, English mining engineer in Curacao (discovered Klein Curacao)
- Sep 23 Mikhail Ivanov, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1927)
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)
Sep 26 Russian physiologist and pioneer in psychology (Nobel Prize 1904), born in Ryazan, Russia [O.S. September 14]
