What Happened in September 1856

Historical Events

  • Sep 2 Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China.
  • Sep 14 Battle of San Jacinto at Hacienda San Jacinto, Nicaraguan forces defeat American filibusters

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 1 Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)

Louis Sullivan (1856-1924)

Sep 3 American architect (father of skyscrapers), born in Boston, Massachusetts

  • Sep 12 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)
  • Sep 23 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess, translated and popularised Ibsen), born in Perth, Scotland (d. 1924)
  • Sep 28 Edward Herbert Thompson, American diplomat and archaeologist (Mayan civilization), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
  • Sep 28 Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
  • Sep 30 Andrejs Jurjans, Latvian composer, born in Ērgļi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1922)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 2 Yang Xiuqing [Yang Hsiu-ch'ing], Chinese commander-in-chief of Taiping Rebellion, killed for trying to usurp Hong Xiuquan at 34 or 355
  • Sep 24 Henry Hardinge, British army officer and politician, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India (1844-48), dies at 71