Their impolitic occupation of Columbus, Kentucky on September 3, 1861, two days before Johnston arrived in the Confederacy's capital, Richmond, Virginia, after his cross – country journey, drove Kentucky from its stated neutrality and the majority of Kentuckians into the Union camp.

On September 10, 1861, Johnston was assigned to command the huge area of the Confederacy west of the Allegheny Mountains, except for coastal areas.

On September 13, 1861, in view of the decision of the Kentucky legislature to side with the Union after the occupation of Columbus by Polk, Johnston ordered Brig.

Based on the assumption that Kentucky neutrality would act as a shield against a direct invasion from the north, Tennessee initially had sent men to Virginia and concentrated defenses in the Mississippi Valley, circumstances that no longer applied in September 1861.

Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol ( December 8, 1861 – September 27, 1944 ) was a French Catalan sculptor, painter, and printmaker.

In September 1861, Atchison led 3, 500 State Guard recruits across the Missouri River to reinforce Price, and defeated Union troops that tried to block his force in the Battle of Liberty.

He was promoted to brigadier general on September 24, 1861.

* 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.

* 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on 17 September 17, 1861.

* September 10 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria ( b. 1861 )

* September 30 – Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States ( b. 1861 )

Wars for expansion and national unity continue until the incorporation of the Papal States ( March 17, 1861 — September 20, 1870 ).

* September 15 – Jumbo, the great elephant & star attraction in PT Barnum's circus ( train accident ) ( b. 1861 )

* September 16 – King Pedro V of Portugal ( d. 1861 )

* September 26 – Iván Persa, Hungarian Slovene writer and catholic priest ( b. 1861 )

Herbert Putnam ( 20 September 1861 – 14 August 1955 ) was an American lawyer, publisher, and librarian.

George Herbert Putnam was born in New York City – “ at 107 East Seventeenth Street ” -- on September 21, 1861, and was the sixth son and tenth child of Victorine and George Palmer Putnam.

Lady Audley's Secret was partially serialized in Robin Goodfellow magazine July – September 1861, then entirely serialized in Sixpenny Magazine January – December 1862 and once again serialized in London Journal March – August 1863.

In September 1861, Edward was sent to Germany, supposedly to watch military manoeuvres, but actually in order to engineer a meeting between him and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the eldest daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark and his wife Louise.

On 24 September 1861, Crown Princess Victoria introduced her brother Albert Edward to Alexandra at Speyer, but it was not until almost a year later on 9 September 1862 ( after his affair with Nellie Clifden and the death of his father ) that Albert Edward proposed to Alexandra at the Royal Castle of Laeken, the home of his great-uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium.

Bizet's third envoi was delayed for nearly a year by the prolonged illness and eventual death, in September 1861, of his mother.

Ferdinand ( 26 February 1861 – 10 September 1948 ), born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, was the ruler of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1918, first as knyaz ( prince regnant, 1887 – 1908 ) and later as tsar ( 1908 – 1918 ).

In order that the Yusupov name might not die out, the prince's father, Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston ( October 5, 1856, Saint Petersburg – June 10, 1928, Rome, Italy ), General Governor of Moscow ( 1914 – 1915 ) ( son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston ), took the surname of his wife, Princess Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova ( September 2, 1861, Saint Petersburg – November 24, 1939, Paris ) upon their marriage, on April 4, 1882 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

On September 17, 1861, Mrs. Mary Smith Peake taught the first classes to African American children on the grounds of what is now Hampton University at Hampton Roads in Virginia under the shade of the Emancipation Oak.

In that both cities end their fiscal years on September 30, they could levy taxes for an interim period of nine months, commencing with September 30 and ending with June 30.

A total of 83 North Kuril Ainu arrived in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on September 18, 1877 after they decided to remain under Russian rule.

Auschwitz had for a long time been a German name for Oświęcim, the town by and around which the camps were located ; the name " Auschwitz " was made the official name again by the Germans after they invaded Poland in September 1939.

In 1011 the Danes again raided England, and from 8 – 29 September they laid siege to Canterbury.

Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

In the autumn of 2001, after the September 11 attacks, al Jazeera television broadcast a tape they claim was made by Omari.

On September 10, 2001, Mohamed Atta picked up Omari from the Milner Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, and the two drove their rented Nissan to a Comfort Inn in South Portland, Maine, where they spent the night in room 232.

In the early hours of September 11, they boarded a commuter flight back to Boston to connect to American Airlines Flight 11.

During the summer months ( April – September ), dogs are banned from the Silver Sands but they are allowed all year round at the Black Sands.

Finnish Defence Forces reported on 3 September 2012 that the United States has not delivered any of the AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles they had ordered due to a mysterious engine malfunction in cold weather that the manufacturer, Raytheon, has not been able to determine the fault of.

A year earlier, he succeeded in establishing the Orioles as a legitimate contender when they stood atop the AL standings as late as early September before finishing in second place at 89 – 65.

Although the Orioles hovered around. 500 for much of the season, they had fallen back by September and were over 20 games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays.

Certainly the most positive event of the 2011 season for the Orioles, was their involvement in the events that took place on September 28, when they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 thanks to 9th inning heroics by both Nolan Reimold, and Robert Andino leading to a walk-off win on an Andino RBI single, and prevented them from earning the Wild Card berth.

On September 16 they won their 82nd game, securing the first season with a winning record since 1997.

By then they had probably developed a taste for Madeira wine, and on 29 September near Cape Charles all they took from the Betty of Virginia was her cargo of Madeira, before they scuttled her with the remaining cargo.

Steven Zaloga states: “ Whilst Western accounts of the September campaign have stressed the shock value of the panzers and Stuka attacks, they have tended to underestimate the punishing effect of German artillery on Polish units.

From 16 June 1940-1942 the colonial administration remained loyal to Vichy France ( from 1942, under Free French ), but 25 September 1942-13 October 1946 they were, like Madagascar, under British occupation.

On September 23, 1949, Bill Veeck and the Indians buried their 1948 pennant in center field the day after they were mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

There were some historic moments for the Cubs as well ; they claimed the ' 35 pennant in thrilling fashion, winning a record 21 games in a row in September.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

The team did not experience its first winning month until September, when they went 17 – 9.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.