Historical Events
Cumann na nGaedheal
Sep 1 Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish Council) founded by Arthur Griffith in order to promote a buy Irish campaign
- Sep 2 A large demonstration by Nationalists in Dublin's Phoenix Park demand that Ireland be free of British rule
- Sep 2 Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
- Sep 3 Russian troops now control both sides of the Amur River on the Russo-Manchurian boundary
- Sep 3 With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
- Sep 5 France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
- Sep 6 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg, South Africa
- Sep 8 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
- Sep 10 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
South African History
Sep 11 President of Transvaal Paul Kruger crosses border into Mozambique
- Sep 13 Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War
- Sep 14 There are now 62,000 foreign troops in Peking and nearby cities, still defeating Boxer Rebels.
- Sep 15 A Boer delegation issues an appeal at the Hague, Netherlands, that the major powers intervene in the war in South Africa
- Sep 17 Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
- Sep 17 The Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed
- Sep 17 USA, Anthracite coal miners go out on strike for better wages until the October 25, by which time the owners are persuaded that their stand is harming President McKinley's campaign
- Sep 27 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Don Wilson, American radio and TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1982)
- Sep 1 Kazimierz Wilkomirski, Polish cellist, composer, conductor, administrator, and educator, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1995)
- Sep 3 Percy Chapman, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, captain 1926-31, 1 x 100; Kent CCC), born in Reading, England (d. 1961)
- Sep 3 Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (1956-81), born in Pielavesi, Finland (d. 1986)
- Sep 4 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, born in Nieuwe-Tonge, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- Sep 6 Julien Green, American-French writer (Frere Francois), born in Paris (d. 1998)
- Sep 6 W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician, born in New Brunswick, Canada (d. 1979)
- Sep 7 Emerson Treacy, American actor (California Straight Ahead, Prowler), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
- Sep 7 Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell], Anglo-American novelist (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician), born in Manchester, England (d. 1985)
- Sep 8 Claude Pepper, American politician (Rep-D-FL, 1963-89), born in Dudleyville, Chambers County, Alabama (d. 1989)
- Sep 8 Gavin Muir, American actor (Mary of Scotland, Johnny Trouble), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1972)
- Sep 9 James Hilton, English novelist and screenwriter (Goodbye Mr Chips), born in Leigh, England (d. 1954)
- Sep 11 D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, born in Royston, Georgia (d. 1999)
- Sep 12 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
- Sep 13 Gladys George, American actress (Roaring Twenties), born in Patten, Maine (d. 1954)
- Sep 14 Andrey Vlasov, Russian-Soviet army general and Nazi collaborator, born in in Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1946)
- Sep 14 Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), born in Massachusetts (d. 1965)
- Sep 17 Hughie Critz, American MLB baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), born in Starkville, Mississippi (d. 1980)
- Sep 17 J. Willard Marriott, American entrepreneur and hotelier (founder of Marriott Corporation), born in Marriott Settlement, Utah (d. 1985)
- Sep 19 Ricardo Cortez [Jacob Krantz], American actor and director (The Maltese Falcon), born in New York City (d. 1977)
- Sep 19 Solomon Pimsleur, French composer, born in Parigi, France (d. 1962)
- Sep 20 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and 26th President of Brazil (1964-67), born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (d. 1967)
- Sep 20 Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (Psalmus; Kalevala Suite), born in Virolahti, Finland (d. 1961)
- Sep 20 Wilhelm Weismann, German composer, born in Alfdorf, Germany (d. 1980)
- Sep 22 Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
- Sep 22 William Spratling, American silversmith who worked in Mexico, born in Sonyea, New York (d. 1967)
- Sep 23 Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, born in Ledstone, England (d. 2009)
- Sep 24 Ham Fisher, American comic strip writer and cartoonist (Joe Palooka), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
- Sep 29 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican attorney and President of Mexico (1946-52), born in Sayula, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1983)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 23 William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
- Sep 25 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, premier of Québec (b. 1832)
- Sep 25 John M. Palmer, American politician (U.S. Senator from Illinois) and American Civil War General (Union), dies at 83
- Sep 29 Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician and temperance movement leader (Rep-IR-Ohio), dies at 86
