Events in History
Event of Interest
Sep 1 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
Aaron Burr
Event of Interest
Sep 2 The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat
Robert Fulton
- Sep 14 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
Birthdays in History
- Sep 9 Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1886)
- Sep 25 Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1859)
- Sep 28 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, born in Boudevilliers, Switzerland (d. 1884)
Deaths in History
- Sep 14 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (b. 1724)