Historical Events
Battle of Sedan
Sep 1 French Emperor Napoleon III is captured and taken prisoner in the Battle of Sedan
- 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 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins third straight title; again beats Bob Kirk, this time by 12 strokes
- 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
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Timotei Popovici, Romanian priest, choral director, and composer, born in Tincova, Romania (d. 1950)
- Sep 2 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)
- Sep 2 Marie Ault [Mary Cragg], English actress (The Lodger), born in Wigan, England (d. 1951)
- 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 7 Thomas Curtis, American athlete (Olympic 1896 Gold), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1944)
- Sep 8 Hermann Hans Wetzler, German-American composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1943)
- Sep 18 Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (American Indian), born in Hagerstown, Indiana (d. 1947)
- Sep 22 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 1942)
Charlotte Cooper (1870-1966)
Sep 22 British tennis player (1st female Olympic champion 1900; Wimbledon 1895-96, 98, 1901, 08), born in Ealing, England
- Sep 23 John Lomax, American folk song collector and ethnomusicologist (American Folklore Society), and educator, born in Goodman, Mississippi (d. 1948)
- 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 28 Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), born in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (d. 1958)
- 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)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Arthur Saint-Leon, French composer and dancer, dies at 48
- Sep 11 Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46
- Sep 12 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (The Hasheesh Eater), dies at 34
- Sep 23 Prosper Mérimée, French author (Carmen), dies at 66
- Sep 27 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50