September 1846

Thursday 10:

Elias Howe gets a patent for the sewing machine.

Saturday 12:

Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.

Wednesday 23:

Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle

Friday 25:

U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor captured the Mexican city of Monterrey.