September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on the 1st of September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is on the 1st of September.
September symbols: The birthstone of September is the sapphire. The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster. The zodiac signs for the month of September are Virgo (until September 21) and Libra (from September 22 onwards).
Historical Events for September, 1792
Day of Week 2nd » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
Day of Week 11th » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
Day of Week 20th » French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Battle of Valmy known as Valmy.
Day of Week 21st » The National Convention declares France a republic and Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy known as abolishes the monarchy.
Day of Week 22nd » 'Primidi Vendémiaire' of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
Day of Week 26th » Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1792
5th » Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
26th » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)