Historical Events
- Sep 6 Chicago White Stockings beat Detroit Wolverines, 26-6 at Lake Front Park, Chicago; smash MLB record 18 runs in 7th inning
- Sep 6 Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn
- Sep 8 New York Gothams score 13 runs in an inning in a 16-6 win over Philadelphia Quakers at Recreation Park, Philadelphia; MLB record (18) set 2 days earlier
- Sep 8 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Montana
- Sep 11 American architect James Cutler patents postal mail chute for Elwood Building, Rochester, New York
- Sep 13 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia
- Sep 21 First direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
- Sep 24 National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Didier Pitre, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Montreal Canadiens), born in Valleyfield, Quebec (d. 1934)
- Sep 2 Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
- Sep 5 Mel Sheppard, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 1,500m, medley relay 1908; 4x400 metre relay 1912), born in Deptford Township, New Jersey (d. 1942)
- Sep 5 Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1967)
- Sep 8 Théodore Pilette, Belgian auto racer (first Belgian Indy 500), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1921)
- Sep 10 (Euphemia) "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch illustrator, ceramic artist, and furniture designer, born in Weesp, Netherlands (d. 1940)
- Sep 11 Grigory Zinoviev [Hirsch Apfelbaum], Russian revolutionary, born in Yelizavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1936)
- Sep 14 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (Die Lade Jahwes), born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1947)
- Sep 15 Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer, born in Barcelona (d. 1950)
- Sep 16 George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), born in Methlick, Scotland (d. 1964)
- Sep 16 T. E. Hulme, English writer and poet, born in Endon, Shaffordshire (d. 1917)
- Sep 17 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Bernes, British composer and novelist, born in Apley Hall, Shropshire, England (d. 1950)
- Sep 17 William Carlos Williams, American physician and poet, born in Rutherford, New Jersey (d. 1963)
- Sep 18 Lord Berners [Gerald Tyrwhitt], English composer (1st Childhood), born in Apley Hall, Shropshire, England (d. 1950)
- Sep 20 Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian (Of Wealth & Oligarchists), born in Amsterdam (d. 1969)
- Sep 20 Maria Baers, Flemish social worker and founder of the Christian Workers' Women's Movement (KAV), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1959)
- Sep 22 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1951)
- Sep 30 Bernhard Rust, German Nazi politician and Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (1934-45), born in Hanover, German Empire (d. 1945)
- Sep 30 Robert Lightfoot, English theologist and exegetist (St John's Gospel) (d. 1953)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 3 Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (Fathers & Sons), dies from a spinal tumour at 64
- Sep 15 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), dies at 81
- Sep 21 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters and theologist, dies at 65
- Sep 24 Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (1180-83), murdered at 14 [exact day disputed]
