Events in History
- 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
- Sep 23 Hunger strike in Hague
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta
Weddings in History
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Sep 25 Confederate army Nathan Bedford Forrest (24) weds Presbyterian minister's daughter Mary Ann Montgomery (18) in Hernando, Mississippi
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