20th » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
28th » Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1871
1st » J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)
5th » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
7th » George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (d. 1954)
8th » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin automobile or McLaughlin Car Company (d. 1972)
10th » Charles Collett, English engineer (d. 1952)
11th » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian race car driver, mountaineer, and politician (d. 1927)
19th » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)
24th » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960)
27th » Grazia Deledda, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
27th » George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (d. 1952)
Famous Deaths for September 1871
7th » Kimenzan TanigorÅ, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (b. 1826)
23rd » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)