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September 5:

• 1813 - Edward Charlesworth was born in Clapham, England.
• 1831 - Charles Darwin journeyed to London, England to talk to Captain Robert FitzRoy despite being rejected for the role of supernumerary naturalist aboard the second voyage of the HMS Beagle the previous day. Darwin learned that FitzRoy had been saving the position for a friend from whom he just received a letter declining the position. Darwin was accepted for the now-open position.
• 1865 - Reginald Hooley was born in Southampton, England.