Events in History
- Sep 14 Alexander Stewart opens the 1st US department store, “The Marble Palace” in downtown New York City
- Sep 16 Slavery abolished in all French territories
- Sep 19 Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England)
- Sep 20 The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
- Sep 29 Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
- Sep 4 Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (carbon filament lightbulbs), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1928)
- Sep 24 Pieter Louis Tak, literary figure (The Chronicle) (d. 1907)
- Sep 29 Caroline Yale, American educator who revolutionized the teaching of hearing-impaired students, born in Charlotte, Vermont (d. 1943)
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