Historical Events
- Sep 5 German archaeologist Carl Mauch is the first European to explore the ruins of the medieval Shona city of Great Zimbabwe, the largest archaeological site in Sub-Saharan Africa [1]
- Sep 7 Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 killed
- Sep 17 Mont Cenis railway tunnel in Switzerland opens
- Sep 20 Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
- Sep 4 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress and wife of Joseph of Lyre, born in St-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1952)
- Sep 10 Charles Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (1922-41) (d. 1952)
- Sep 12 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
- Sep 13 Alma Kruger, American actress (Made For Each Other), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
- Sep 19 Fritz Schaudinn, German zoologist (examined syphilis), born in Röseningken, East Prussia (d. 1906)
- Sep 21 Ernst Heldring, Dutch ship owner and financier, born in Amsterdam (d. 1954)
- Sep 23 Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, born in Opočno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
- Sep 24 George Arthur Crump, American golf course architect (Founder Pine Valley Golf Club), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1918)
Lottie Dod (1871-1960)
Sep 24 British all-round athlete (Wimbledon 1887-88, 1891-93), born in Bebington, England
Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956)
Sep 28 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), born in Grazzano Monferrato, Italy
- Sep 30 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 1964)
- Sep 30 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1936)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Arvid August Afzelius, Swedish poet and historian, dies at 85
- Sep 3 Václav Emanuel Horák, Czech composer, chiefly of liturgical music, organist, and kapellmeister, dies at 71
- Sep 7 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (revolving gun turret), drowns at 51
- Sep 7 Mehmed Ali Pasha, Turkish marshal and statesman, dies fighting in Albania at 50
- Sep 8 Etienne-Joseph Soubre, Belgian composer, dies at 57
- Sep 12 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, dies at 43
- Sep 23 Alexander N. Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45
- Sep 26 Cipriani Potter, English pianist and composer, dies at 78
