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, 1846
Day of Week 10th » Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
Day of Week 12th » Elizabeth Barrett Browning called Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
Day of Week 14th » Jang Bahadur and his brothers Kot massacre or massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
Day of Week 19th » Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, Isère named La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
Day of Week 23rd » Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier known as Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
Day of Week 24th » Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
Day of Week 25th » U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1846
8th » Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman (d. 1926)
16th » Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
18th » Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
21st » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (d. 1906)
Famous Deaths for September 1846
23rd » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)