What Happened in September 1870

Historical Events

Sep 1 French Emperor Napoleon III is captured and taken prisoner in the Battle of Sedan

Sep 2 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies at the Battle of Sedan
Sep 4 The Third French Republic proclaimed as French overthrow Emperor Napoleon III (who ironically was the elected president of the Second French Republic) after his defeat by Prussia at Sedan
Sep 6 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biscay; 483 die
Sep 8 Netherlands and Britain sign "Koelietraktaat" an agreement to allow Indian contract workers from Calcutta to work in sugar plantations in Suriname
Sep 10 Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
Sep 15 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins third straight title; again beats Bob Kirk, this time by 12 strokes
Sep 15 Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)
Sep 19 Siege of Paris by Prussian Forces begins (lasts until January 28 1871)
Sep 20 Capture of Rome by Italian army, Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel which unifies Italy and ends 1,116 year reign of Papal States

Sep 20 Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury

Sep 24 Dar Al-Kutub (National Library of and Archives of Egypt) inaugurated in Mustafa Fadel's palace, Cairo. The first national library in the Middle East. [1]

Sep 1 Timotei Popovici, Romanian priest, choral director, and composer, born in Tincova, Romania (d. 1950)
Sep 2 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)
Sep 2 Marie Ault [Mary Cragg], English actress (The Lodger), born in Wigan, England (d. 1951)
Sep 4 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied), born in Asch, Bohemia (d. 1956)
Sep 7 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok), born in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1938) [OS=Aug 26]
Sep 7 Thomas Curtis, American athlete (Olympic 1896 Gold), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1944)
Sep 8 Hermann Hans Wetzler, German-American composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1943)
Sep 18 Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (American Indian), born in Hagerstown, Indiana (d. 1947)
Sep 22 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 1942)

Sep 22 British tennis player (1st female Olympic champion 1900; Wimbledon 1895-96, 98, 1901, 08), born in Ealing, England

Sep 23 John Lomax, American folk song collector and ethnomusicologist (American Folklore Society), and educator, born in Goodman, Mississippi (d. 1948)
Sep 24 Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor (neon light), born in Paris (d. 1960)
Sep 26 Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-47), born in Charlottenlund, Denmark (d. 1947)
Sep 28 Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), born in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (d. 1958)
Sep 30 Jean Perrin, French physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926), born in Lille, France (d. 1942)
Sep 30 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)