SEPTEMBER 



SEPTEMBER CALENDAR 



Birthdays 



1. Peter Cartwright, 1785. 

 James Gordon Bennett, 1795. 



2. Henry George, 1839. 

 Eugene Field, 1850. 



3. Sarah Orne Jewett, 1849. 



4. Pindar, 522 B. c. 

 Phoebe Cary, 1824. 



5. Cardinal Richelieu, 1585. 



6. Marquis de Lafayette, 1757. 

 Horatio Greenough, 1805. 

 Sir Georges E. Cartier, 1814. 

 Jane Addams, 1861. 



7. Queen Elizabeth, 1533. 



8. Richard I of England, 1157. 



9. Thomas Hutchinson, 1711. 



10. Mungo Park, 1771. 



11. John Ireland, 1838. 



12. Charles Dudley Warner, 1829. 



14. Charles W. Gordon (Ralph Connor), 



1860. 

 Charles Dana Gibson, 1867. 



15. James Fenimore Cooper, 1789. 



16. Francis Parkman, 1823. 



18. Samuel Johnson, 1709. 



19. William B. Astor, 1792. 



20. Alexander the Great, 356 B. c. 



21. Louis Joliet, 1645. 

 Clark Howell, 1863. 



22. Earl of Chesterfield, 1694. 



23. Caesar Augustus, 63 B. c. 



24. John Marshal, 1755. 



25. Felicia D. Hemans, 1793. 



26. Samuel Adams, 1722. 



29. Robert Clive, 1725. 

 Admiral Nelson, 1758. 



30. Pompey, 106 B.C. 



Events 



1. Aaron Burr acquitted, 1807. 



India passed from East India Company to the Crown, 1858. 

 Canadian Land Act went into effect, 1908. 



2. Battle of Actium, 31 B. c. 



Treasury Department of United States organized, 1789. 

 Russians captured Lemberg, 1914. 



3. New style calendar introduced in Great Britain and colonies, 1752. 

 Treaty of Paris signed by United States and Great Britain, 1783. 



4. Third Republic declared in France, 1870. 



5. Exile of Acadians announced, 1755. 



First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, 1774. 



6. Pilgrims left Plymouth in the Mayflower, 1620. 

 President McKinley shot by assassin, 1901. 

 Peary's discovery of North Pole announced, 1909. 



7. German retreat from the Marne, 1914. 



8. New Amsterdam surrendered by the Dutch to the English, 1664. 

 English gained possession of Montreal, 1760. 



Tornado at Galveston, Tex., 1900. 



9. California admitted to the Union, 1850. 

 10. About 5,000 Acadians banished, 1755. 



Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. 



12. President Kruger abandoned the Transvaal, 1900 



13. Battle on the Plains of Abraham; General Wolfe killed, 1759. 



14. Battle of Aisne begun, 1914. 



15. Russians burned Moscow. 1812. 

 Siege of Paris begun, 1870. 



17. Constitution of United States signed by Convention, 1787. 



18. Quebec surrendered to the English, 1759. 

 Rheims cathedral damaged by German fire, 1914. 



19. President Garfield died, 1881. 



20. Russians began siege of Przemysl, 1914. 



21. Rioting in Ireland over Home Rule bill, 1912. 



22. Nathan Hale put to death as a spy, 1776. 



23. German airship raid over London, 1916. 



25. Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean, 1513. 



26. Holy Alliance formed by Russia, Austria and Prussia, 1815. 



27. General Howe entered Philadelphia, 1777. 



28. Venizelos proclaimed provisional government in Greece, 1916. 



29. William the Conqueror landed in England, 1066. 

 Italy declared war on Turkey, 1911. 



30. Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria mobilized, 1912. 



For Study 



Apple 



Aster 



Baltimore Oriole 



Bulbs 



Corn 



Cotton 



Equinox 



Fog 



Forests and Forestry 



Goldenrod 



Gourd 



Hen 



Mushroom 



Potato 



Roots 



Seeds 



Sunflower 



Wheat 



