- Sep 5 American Arctic explorer George Washington De Long on board the Jeannette, becomes trapped with his crew in pack ice during attempt to reach the North Pole
- Sep 15 Pim Mulier forms Royal Haarlemsche Football Club based in Haarlem, Netherlands; oldest existing club in Dutch football
- Sep 19 The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
- Sep 19 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days
Grant Visits SF
Sep 20 Ulysses S. Grant and family go to San Francisco for elaborate extended visit
- Sep 23 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia
- Sep 23 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone
British Golf Open
Sep 27 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title
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