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September was a month important to agriculture. In late 20th century England, apples were harvested in this month, and stores started their big marketing push for Christmas. (PROSE: K9 and Company [+]Loading...["K9 and Company (novelisation)"]) The London Borough of Hackney celebrated its annual Hackney Harvest in this month. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die [+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"])
Outside of Earth, singing corn was harvested on 27 September annually on Metadelphia VI. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
By year
Early history
In 1666, the city of London was ravaged by a great fire. (TV: The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"], PROSE: The Republican's Story [+]Loading...["The Republican's Story (short story)"])
In 1752, the British Empire changed over from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days: 2 September through 14 September. These were purchased by Faction Paradox to create the Eleven-Day Empire.
In 1809, Lord Byron and other agents of the Star Chamber performed a ritual on Malta that stranded them in the Mal'akh "other-world".
In 1877, Pai'ngya and the Kiowa attached a wagon train near Red Clay Ridge. The only survivor was seven-year-old Nancy Sims. (PROSE: "Pai'ngya" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedpart":"Pai'ngya","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"})
20th century
In 1938, a spaceship containing a Laiderplacker breeding party landed in New York. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars [+]Loading...["Invaders from Mars (audio story)"])
In 1939, World War II began in Europe with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September, and the subsequent declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France on 3 September. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"]) The invasion lasted throughout the month. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"])
In 1940, 7 September saw the start of the Blitz, the Luftwaffe's nighttime bombing campaign against cities across Great Britain. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])
In 1944, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler ordered the Nazi death camps shut down after realising Germany was losing the war. His orders were ignored. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass [+]Loading...["The Shadow in the Glass (novel)"])
In 1945, the world war officially ended, (PROSE: Base of Operations [+]Loading...["Base of Operations (short story)"]) after the surrender of Japan to the United States in the Pacific War on 2 September. (COMIC: Sky Jacks [+]Loading...["Sky Jacks (comic story)"])
In 1969, James Stevens married Natasha Stevens in the Chelsea Registry Office. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
21st century
In 2002, Rose Tyler started going out with Jimmy Stone. (PROSE: Meet Rose [+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"])
In 2015, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Daniel Claremont, was revealed to be a Sea Devil on live television. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"])