September 1, 1719Marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stewart and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska
September 1, 1729Death of Dramatist, Essayist and Publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner Who Founded the Tatler and the Spectator
September 1, 1737Launch of the Belfast Newsletter, Now the Oldest Surviving Newspaper in Ireland or Britain, and One of the Oldest in the World
September 1, 1789Marguerite Gardiner, Nee Power; Countess of Blessington; Author, Is Born Near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
September 1, 1830The Wild Colonial Boy Is Shot Dead in a Gun Battle With Police at Cambelltown, Sydney
September 1, 1864Roger Casement, British Consular Official and Irish Nationalist, Is Born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin
September 1, 1870Isaac Butt Founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule Is Now the Objective of Constitutional Nationalists