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, 1839
Day of Week 5th » The United Kingdom declares First Opium War e.g war on the Qing dynasty of China.
Day of Week 9th » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1839
2nd » Henry George, American economist and author (d. 1897)
9th » Devil Anse Hatfield, American Guerrilla warfare called guerrilla leader (d. 1921)
10th » Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
10th » Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, scientist, and philosopher (d. 1914)
25th » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904)
Famous Deaths for September 1839
1st » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
20th » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)