- Sep 3 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
- Sep 3 1st U.S. Men's National Championship: Richard Sears beats William E. Glyn (6-0, 6-3, 6-2)
- Sep 9 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"
- Sep 11 Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland
- Sep 13 America Lewis Howard Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament
- Sep 18 Chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president
Chester A. Arthur
- Sep 27 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12