Historical Events
Battle of the Alma
Sep 20 Battle of the Alma: British, French and Ottoman alliance defeat the Russian Empire in the 1st major battle of the Crimean War
- Sep 27 French fishing vessel SS Vesta collides with American passenger paddle-wheel ship SS Arctic off Newfoundland in heavy fog, sinking the larger passenger ship; 322 killed, most of the survivors were crew members
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), born in Siegburg, Westphalia (d. 1921)
- Sep 2 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
- Sep 8 Willem Marinus van Rossum, Dutch cardinal and prefect of Propaganda File, born in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands (d. 1932)
- Sep 10 Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman), born in Haselünne, Germany (d. 1934)
- Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American automobile pioneer (Buick Motor Company), born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (d. 1929)
- Sep 17 Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
- Sep 23 Cornelis Lely, Dutch civil engineer (Zuiderzee dam and dyke works), and politician (Governor of Suriname, 1902-05; Senator, 1910-13), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- Sep 28 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), born in Norwich, England (d. 1913)
- Sep 29 Martin Pluddemann, German composer, born in Kolberg, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897)
Famous Weddings
Mark Hopkins
Sep 22 Future railroad magnate Mark Hopkins Jr. marries Mary Sherwood
Famous Deaths
- Sep 27 Frederick Catherwood, English artist and explorer who with John Lloyd Stephens drew and publicized ruins of the Maya, drowns in the sinking of the Arctic at 55
