Events in History
- Sep 15 Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Sep 18 New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)
- Sep 22 City of Des Moines, Iowa incorporated as Fort Des Moines
Birthdays in History
- Sep 3 Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes as the wife of King George I, born in Pavlovsk, Russian Empire (d. 1926)
- Sep 4 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, born in Blackrock, Dublin (d. 1927)
- Sep 7 Edward Asahel Birge, American pioneer in limnology, born in Troy, New York (d. 1950)
- Sep 13 Walter Reed, U.S. Army physician and bacteriologist who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, born in Belroi, Virginia (d. 1902)
- Sep 16 Emilia Pardo Bazán, Spanish countess and writer (Pascual López: Autobiography of a Medical Student), born in La Coruña, Spain (d. 1921)
- Sep 28 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah), born in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1929)
Deaths in History
James Fenimore Cooper
Sep 14 James Fenimore Cooper, American author (Last of Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61
James Fenimore Cooper