- Sep 1 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotland's William Auchterlonie wins by 2 shots from amateur Johnny Laidley
- Sep 1 Gladstones' Second Home Rule Bill for Ireland passes in the House of Commons but vetoed by The House of Lords by 419 votes to 41
Peter Rabbit
Sep 4 English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5-year-old boy
- Sep 11 "Svoboda", oldest existing Ukrainian newspaper founded as a weekly publication by Father Hryhorii Hrushka, in Jersey City, New Jersey; expands to a daily in 1921
- Sep 11 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave
- Sep 11 First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago, Indian monk Swani Vivekananda gives influential speech
- Sep 11 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
- Sep 15 "Svoboda", Ukrainian language weekly newspaper founded by Father Hryhorii Hrushka, in Jersey City, New Jersey; expands to daily in 1921, reverts to weekly in 1998
- Sep 16 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, opens white settlement homesteaders
The First Country to Grant Women the Vote
Sep 19 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
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