Page 3: Historical Events In September - 21

1839  Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60.   

1840  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)   

1843  David Emlyn Evans, composer   

1849  Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father and Son)   

1853  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913).   

1859  Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)   

1860  In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the battle of Baliqiao.   

1863  Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga.   

1866  H.G Wells, English writer is born   

1866  Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)   

1867  Henry Lewis Stimson, US minister of War (1911-13).   

1869  Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer   

1871  Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier   

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC is recorded as becoming inaugural black student at Annapolis.   

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC is recorded as becoming 1st black student at Annapolis.   

1874  Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets).   

1874  JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75   

1880  Henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury).   

1882  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer.   

1883  1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection.   

1883  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65.   

1884  Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member   

1885  Dutch demonstrate for general voting right   

1885  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer   

1886  Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99   

1887  Lodewijk de Vocht, composer.   

1889  Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist   

1893  Frank Duryea drives inaugural US made gas propelled vehicle (car)   

1893  Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car).   

1893  Moses Pergament, composer   

1894  Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday)   

1895  The inaugural auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company.   

1895  1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company   

1896  British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.   

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1051  Bertha of savoy: German queen and holy roman empire empress   

1328  Hongwu emperor of china: Hongwu emperor of china (d. 1398)   

1372  Frederik i van hohenzollern: Monarch of brandenburg (1417-40)   

1411  Richard plantagenet: 3rd duke of york, claimant to the english throne   

1415  Frederick iii: Innsbruck austria, german emperor (1440-1493)   

1428  Jingtai emperor of china: Jingtai emperor of china (d. 1457)   

1452  Girolamo savonarola: Monk/reformer/dictator of florence (1494-98)   

1527  Matthaus ludecus: Composer   

0019  Virgil: Roman poet (b. 70 bc)   

0454  Aëtius: Roman general (bc. 396)   

0687  Conon: Sicilian pope (686-87),   

1217  Death of Lembitu of lehola: Estonian soldier   

1327  Edward ii: King of england (1307-1327), assassinated at 43   

1397  Death of Richard fitzalan: 11th earl of arundel, english military leader (executed) (b. 1346)   

1433  Zweder van kuilenberg: Bishop of utrecht   

1440  Frederik i van hohenzollern: Ruler brandenburg (1417-40),