Historical Events
- Sep 2 1st girls School opens in Haarlem, The Netherlands
- Sep 9 Luxembourg gains its independence
- Sep 12 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated
- Sep 13 General Edward Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors
British Golf Open
Sep 26 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins 4th title; beats rival Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes; at 46, Morris remains oldest Open champion
Famous Birthdays
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Sep 5 American pianist and composer (Gaelic Symphony), born in Henniker, New Hampshire
- Sep 7 Albert Bassermann, German actor (Foreign Correspondent, Madame Curie), born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1952)
- Sep 7 Camilo Pessanha, Portuguese poet (Clepsydra), and Chinese translator, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1926) [1]
- Sep 7 Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, born in Mineral Ridge, Ohio (d. 1918)
- Sep 7 J. P. Morgan, Jr. [John Pierpont Morgan, Jr], American financier and son of J.P. Morgan, Sr., (J.P. Morgan & Co.), born in Irvington, New York (d. 1943)
- Sep 14 Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (Gibson Girl), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
- Sep 19 Arthur Rackham, English book illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip van Winkle), born in London, England (d. 1939)
- Sep 21 Henry L. Stimson, American statesman (46th United States Secretary of State), born in New York City (d. 1950)
- Sep 25 Yevgeny Miller [Eugen Ludwig Müller], Baltic German general and a leader of the anticommunist White Army during and after the Russian Civil War, born in Dünaburg, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1939)
- Sep 27 Rosa Lewis, English chef and owner (Cavandish Hotel London), born in Leyton, Essex (d. 1952)
- Sep 28 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Tsuyama, Japan (d. 1952)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Edward Hodges, English organist and composer, dies at 71
- Sep 5 Santiago Derqui, Argentinian politician (b. 1809)
- Sep 10 Simon Sechter, Austrian composer and music theorist, dies at 78
- Sep 25 Oliver Loving, American pioneer rancher (b. 1812)
- Sep 29 Sterling "Old Pap" Price, American lawyer, U.S. Army Brigadier General and politician (11th Governor of Missouri), dies at 58
