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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 [+]Terence Dudley, adapted from A Girl's Best Friend (Terence Dudley), The Companions of Doctor Who (Target Books, 1987).) The London Borough of Hackney celebrated its annual Hackney Harvest in this month. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
Outside of Earth, singing corn was harvested on 27 September annually on Metadelphia VI. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)
By year
Early history
In 1666, the city of London was ravaged by a great fire. (TV: The Visitation [+]Eric Saward, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982)., PROSE: The Republican's Story [+]Andy Russell, Short Trips: Repercussions (Short Trips short stories, 2004).)
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, Lawrence Miles, et al., Faction Paradox novels (Mad Norwegian Press, 2002).)
20th century
In 1938, a spaceship containing a Laiderplacker breeding party landed in New York. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars [+]Mark Gatiss, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2002).)
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) The invasion lasted throughout the month. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Mike Tucker and Robert Perry, adapted from Illegal Alien, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997).)
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 [+]Official Guides (BBC Children's Books, 2016).)
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 [+]Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).)
In 1945, the world war officially ended, (PROSE: Base of Operations) after the surrender of Japan to the United States in the Pacific War on 2 September. (COMIC: Sky Jacks [+]Andy Diggle and Eddie Robson, Doctor Who (2012) (IDW Publishing, 2013).)
In 1969, James Stevens married Natasha Stevens in the Chelsea Registry Office. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]David Bishop, Virgin Books (1996).)
21st century
In 2002, Rose Tyler started going out with Jimmy Stone. (PROSE: Meet Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005).)
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 [+]Robbie Morrison, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor (Titan Comics, 2016).)