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).
Famous Birthdays on September in 1842
7th » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (d. 1888)
13th » John H. Bankhead, American soldier and politician (d. 1920)
20th » James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923)
27th » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
29th » Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
Famous Deaths for September 1842
10th » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
10th » Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th List of First Ladies of the United States called First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
15th » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
15th » Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, List of heads of state of Federal Republic of Central America known as President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)