Events in History
Event of Interest
Sep 1 Napoleon III captured at Sedan
Napoleon III
- Sep 2 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies at the Battle of Sedan
- Sep 4 The Third French Republic proclaimed as French overthrow Emperor Napoleon III (who ironically was the elected president of the Second French Republic) after his defeat by Prussia at Sedan
- Sep 6 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biscay; 483 die
- Sep 8 Netherlands and Britain sign "Koelietraktaat" an agreement to allow Indian contract workers from Calcutta to work in sugar plantations in Suriname
- Sep 10 Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
- Sep 15 Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)
- Sep 19 Siege of Paris by Prussian Forces begins (lasts until January 28 1871)
- Sep 20 Capture of Rome by Italian army, Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel which unifies Italy and ends 1,116 year reign of Papal States
Boss Tweed
Birthdays in History
- Sep 2 Marie Ault [Mary Cragg], Wigan England
- Sep 2 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)
- Sep 4 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied), born in Asch, Bohemia (d. 1956)
- Sep 7 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok), born in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1938) [OS=Aug 26]
- Sep 18 Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (American Indian), born in Hagerstown, Indiana (d. 1947)
- Sep 24 Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor (neon light), born in Paris (d. 1960)
- Sep 26 Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-47), born in Charlottenlund, Denmark (d. 1947)
- Sep 30 Jean Perrin, French physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926), born in Lille, France (d. 1942)
- Sep 30 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)