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, 1857
Day of Week 7th » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
Day of Week 11th » The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
Day of Week 12th » The SS known as Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
Day of Week 20th » The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
Day of Week 22nd » The Russian warship 'Russian ship of the line Lefort or Lefort' capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1857
2nd » Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
6th » Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
8th » Georg Michaelis, German politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) called Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
12th » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
13th » Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist (d. 1937)
13th » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
15th » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
17th » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)
18th » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
Famous Deaths for September 1857
3rd » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
5th » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
18th » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)