Historical Events
- Sep 10 King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange
Scientific Discovery
Sep 13 English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the 'Faraday effect', the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta
Famous Weddings
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Sep 25 Confederate army Nathan Bedford Forrest (24) weds Presbyterian minister's daughter Mary Ann Montgomery (18) in Hernando, Mississippi
Famous Deaths
- Sep 4 Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, French statesman and philosopher, dies at 82
- Sep 7 Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, dies
- Sep 10 Karl August von Lichtenstein, German composer, dies at 78
- Sep 10 Joseph Story, American lawyer and 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45), dies at 65
- Sep 16 John Kinker, Dutch philosopher poet, dies at 81
