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, 1836
Day of Week 1st » Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
Day of Week 5th » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1836
5th » Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (d. 1921)
7th » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
7th » August Toepler, German physicist and academic (d. 1912)
10th » Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
11th » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (d. 1870)
28th » Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
Famous Deaths for September 1836
5th » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
14th » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
17th » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)