13th » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a convert 3 ft m adj=on-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
20th » The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
29th » Battle of Pákozd: Stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1848
1st » Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)
4th » Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)
4th » Jennie Lee (actress) or Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)