Historical Events
- Sep 1 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- Sep 6 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street, San Francisco
- Sep 15 Last German troops leave France
- Sep 16 German troops leave France
- Sep 17 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
- Sep 18 Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression
- Sep 20 Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
- Sep 23 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song), born in London, England (d. 1937)
- Sep 8 Alfred Jarry, French writer (Ubu Roi), born in Layal, Mayenne, Paris (d. 1907)
- Sep 8 David O. McKay, 9th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Huntsville, Utah (d. 1970)
- Sep 8 Max Reinhardt [Goldmann], Austrian theatrical director (Oedipus Rex) and founder of the Salzburg Festival, born in Baden, Austria (d. 1943)
- Sep 20 (Luise) "Lulu" von Strauss und Torney, German poet (Erde der Väter - Our Forefathers' Soil), and novelist (Der jüngste Tag - Judgment Day), born in Bückeburg, Germany (d. 1956)
- Sep 20 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian auto racer (winner 1st Grand Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France 1906), born in Szeghalom, Hungary (d. 1944)
- Sep 20 Robert Wrenn, American tennis player (US Open 1893-94, 1896-97), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1925)
- Sep 20 Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (Ben Hur), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1949)
- Sep 21 Papa Jack Laine, American musician and pioneering bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1966)
- Sep 26 Alexey Shchusev, Russian-Soviet architect, born in Kishenev, Bessarabia Governorate (d. 1949)
- Sep 26 Amilcare Zanella, Italian composer and conductor, born in Monticelli d'Ongina, Italy (d. 1949)
- Sep 28 Julian Coolidge, American mathematician (Study-Segre school), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
- Sep 28 Wacław Rawicz [Berent], Polish biologist and writer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1940)
Famous Weddings
Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok
Sep 25 Frontiersman and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok supposedly marries Calamity Jane according to the latter's daughter (disputed)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 17 Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon and adventurer (established the first European settlement on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia), dies at 91
- Sep 22 Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss politician, dies at 62
- Sep 23 Jean Chacornac, French astronomer, dies at 50
- Sep 28 Emile Gaboriau, French writer (father of the French detective novels), dies at 37
- Sep 29 John Ancrum Winslow, American naval officer (Mexican–American War), dies at 61
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