Historical Events
Volt and Ohm
Sep 4 British Association for Advancement of Science proposes standard units of electrical measurement (the Volt after Alessandro Volta; the Ohm after Georg Ohm) at its 31st annual meeting (Manchester, England)
Grant Occupies Paducah
Sep 6 General Ulysses S. Grant occupies Paducah, Kentucky
- Sep 9 Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only woman officer) by the Confederate US Army
- Sep 10 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater, West Virginia
- Sep 10 Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia, 170 casualties
- Sep 13 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla
- Sep 16 British Post Office Savings Banks opens
- Sep 17 First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
- Sep 20 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
- Sep 22 Federal troops shoot and kill 12 Navajo men, women and children, and wound 40 more, following a dispute over a friendly horse race during monthly "Ration Day" at Fort Fauntleroy in Bear Springs. Territory of New Mexico [1]
- Sep 25 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
British Golf Open
Sep 26 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 10 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), born in Vejen, Denmark (d. 1941)
- Sep 11 Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), born in Lapinlahti, Finland (d. 1921)
- Sep 17 Owen Seaman, British poet and editor (Punch), born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1936)
- Sep 20 Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, born in New York City (d. 1955)
- Sep 23 Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist, born in Albeck, Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1942)
- Sep 28 Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal, wife of Carlos I, born in Twickenham, London (d. 1951)
- Sep 28 Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), born in New York City (d. 1950)
- Sep 30 William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), and owner of MLB Chicago Cubs, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
Famous Weddings
Thomas Nast
Sep 26 Political cartoonist Thomas Nast (21) weds Sarah Edwards (20) in USA
