Historical Events
- Sep 1 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia
- Sep 1 Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
- Sep 1 Rail & ferry connection between San Francisco & Oakland inaugurated
- Sep 5 Bread revolt in Mobile, Alabama
- Sep 6 -7] After 59 day siege Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties)
- Sep 7 US Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass (Gulf of Mexico) blockading the Texas coast
- Sep 8 -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
- Sep 8 Battle of Sabine Pass Texas: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
- Sep 8 Battle of Telford's Depot, Tennessee
- Sep 9 Battle of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
- Sep 16 Robert College of Istanbul, Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
- Sep 17 Pope Pius IX encyclical On Persecution published in New Grenada
British Golf Open
Sep 18 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd title; beats rival Tom Morris Sr. by 2 strokes
Battle of Chickamauga
Sep 19 Battle of Chickamauga, GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union forces retreat after a couple days of fighting
- Sep 20 Battle of Shepardstown VA
- Sep 20 US Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tennessee ends with a Union withdrawal
- Sep 21 Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga
- Sep 23 Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins
- Sep 27 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
The Pearl Fishers
Sep 30 Opera "Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) by Georges Bizet premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 6 Rodolfo Lenz, German-Chilian linguist (El Papiamento), born in Halle, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1938)
- Sep 8 Gustavo Campa, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1934)
- Sep 13 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1935)
- Sep 13 Willis Cuttell, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1929)
- Sep 15 Horatio Parker, American organist and composer, born in Auburndale, Massachusetts (d. 1919)
- Sep 16 John Trumble, Australian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 10 wickets; brother of Hugh), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1944)
- Sep 18 Hermann Kutter, Swiss Protestant theologian (founder of Christian Socialism in Switzerland), born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1931)
- Sep 21 John Bunny, American film comedian, born in New York City (d. 1915)
- Sep 23 Alexandre Yersin, Swiss French bacteriologist (discovered bubonic plague bacillus), born in Aubonne, Switzerland (d. 1943)
- Sep 23 Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
- Sep 28 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), born in Ajuda National Palace, Lisbon (d. 1908)
- Sep 29 Franz Zorell, German lexicographer and exegete (Hebrew Latin Dictionary), born in Ravensburg (d. 1947)
- Sep 29 Hugo Haase, German socialist politician (SPD, USPD) and co-chair of the Council of the People's Deputies (1918-19), born in Allenstein, East Prussia (d. 1919)
Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928)
Sep 30 German admiral and commander of the High Seas Fleet in World War I (Battle of Jutland), born in Obernkirchen, Electorate of Hesse
Famous Deaths
- Sep 6 Lucius March Walker, Confederate brigadier general, dies of his wounds in a duel at 33
- Sep 17 Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), dies at 59
- Sep 17 Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, French musketeer and writer (Moise, Chatterton), dies at 66
- Sep 19 Preston Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
- Sep 20 Benjamin Hardin Helm, American attorney and Confederate brigadier general and Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, dies at the Battle of Chickamauga at 33
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Sep 20 German philologist, folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", dies at 78
- Sep 20 William Haines Lytle, American politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), killed in action during the American Civil War at 36
