- Sep 1 Gladstones' Second Home Rule Bill for Ireland passes in the House of Commons but vetoed by The House of Lords by 419 votes to 41
- Sep 1 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotland's William Auchterlonie wins by 2 shots from amateur Johnny Laidley
Event of Interest
Sep 4 English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy
Beatrix Potter
- Sep 11 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave
- Sep 11 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
- Sep 11 First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago, Indian monk Swani Vivekananda gives influential speech
- Sep 16 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, opens white settlement homesteaders
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
Sep 19 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
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