1st » St. Petersburg, Russian Empire called Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
1st » The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha (pigeon) e.g Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
3rd » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
3rd » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
3rd » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy, France or Nancy.
5th » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
8th » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
9th » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
11th » Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
13th » World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
13th » World War I: The First Battle of the Aisne or Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
17th » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
18th » The Home Rule Act 1914 called Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
18th » World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
22nd » German Empire German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue 2 and HMS Cressy 2 on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men.
24th » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
26th » The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1914
2nd » Tom Glazer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
3rd » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994)
4th » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)
5th » Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (d. 2013)
5th » Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1984)
5th » Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet
7th » Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (d. 2000)
7th » Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
7th » James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (d. 2006)
8th » Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
8th » Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001)
9th » John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
10th » Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)