Historical Events
- Sep 17 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
- Sep 30 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
Famous Birthdays
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Sep 17 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American military officer (major general of the Continental Army), born in Magdeburg (d. 1794)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Sep 1 US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read

Benjamin Franklin
Famous Deaths
- Sep 27 Laurence Eusden, English poet, Poet Laureate (1718-30), dies at 42